The Great Hip Hop Hoax
| The Great Hip Hop Hoax | |
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| 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 film by Jeanie Finlay about a Scottish hip-hop duo called Silibil N' Brains, who pretended to be Americans to secure a £250,000 record deal with Sony. The film premiered at South by Southwest and was later shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, before a national theatrical release in Scotland and broadcasts on BBC Two Scotland, BBC Four, and Danish station DR2. It was pitched at Sheffield Doc/Fest's MeetMarket in 2008.