The Great Hip Hop Hoax
| The Great Hip Hop Hoax | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jeanie Finlay |
| Starring | Gavin Bain Billy Boyd |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Great Hip Hop Hoax is a documentary by Jeanie Finlay. It is about Silibil N' Brains, a Scottish hip-hop duo who pretended to be Americans to earn a £250,000 record deal with Sony.[1] The film was first shown at South by Southwest[2] and then the Edinburgh International Film Festival[3] before being shown at Scottish cinemas and on BBC Two Scotland and BBC Four, as well as DR2 in Denmark.[4] It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2008.
Reception
[change | change source]The film got positive reviews.[5][6][7] Both members of Silibil 'N Brains like the film but find it "bizarre" to watch with other people.[8]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "The great hip hop hoax - How the 'rapping Proclaimers' lived a lie". BBC News. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Great Hip Hop Hoax: Scots who duped music industry by pretending to be America's hottest rappers land film deal". Daily Record. 17 March 2013. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "Jeanie Finlay's Great Hip Hop Hoaxers at EIFF". 28 June 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ "Dokumania: Det store hip-hop svindelnummer". 8 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ McCahill, Mike (5 September 2013). "The Great Hip-hop Hoax – review". The Guardian. The Scotsman. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Gritten, David (5 September 2013). "The Great Hip-Hop Hoax, review". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "Film review: The Great Hip Hop Hoax (18)". The Independent. London. 6 September 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2022. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Scots rappers who fooled an industry". 11 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2013.
