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title: 'The Great Hip-Hop Hoax (2013)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jeanie Finlay'
released: '2013-03-14'
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-great-hip-hop-hoax-2013'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1464783/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Great Hip-Hop Hoax (2013)

2013 · Documentary · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jeanie Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanie-finlay)
- **Producer:** [Jeanie Finlay](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanie-finlay)

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Official site: http://www.hiphophoax.com/
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