The Great Hip Hop Hoax

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. The film was first shown at South by Southwest and then the Edinburgh International Film Festival before being shown at Scottish cinemas and on BBC Two Scotland and BBC Four, as well as DR2 in Denmark. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2008.

Reception
The film got positive reviews. Both members of Silibil 'N Brains like the film but find it "bizarre" to watch with other people.

References

Other websites
www.hiphophoax.com The Great Hip-Hop Hoax official site

Category:2013 documentary movies
Category:British documentary movies
Category:Hoaxes
Category:2010s English-language movies