In this week's newsletter: shows about influencers may continue to be two-dimensional, and the already-controversial IG Loop giveaways just reached new toxic heights.
8 must watch documentaries on Showmax
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Showmax has been the home of some of the best documentaries and docu-series of recent years. Some of them produced in-house, some picked up for distribution at prestigious film festivals and some licensed from the top independent production companies.
From
Fake Famous, here below is a list of 8 must watch documentaries on Showmax.
1. Fake Famous
Fake Famous explores the meaning of fame and influence in the digital age through an innovative social experiment. Following three Los Angeles-based people with relatively small followings, the film explores the attempts made to turn them into famous influencers by purchasing fake followers and bots to
Paul Smith s pink wall in Los Angeles becomes Insta-famous
People have been paying thousands to fly to LA for it
17:36, 16 APR 2021 (Image: Paul Smith)
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Standing on the corner of a west Hollywood street in Los Angeles is a giant pink building, brutalist in design but strikingly modern in style, and it is owned by Beeston s own fashionista Paul Smith.
Unmissable and classic documentaries showing on Showmax this April
From Fake Famous to Western Stars , here are the documentaries you should be watching on Showmax this April.
From
How To with John Wilson, Transhood, Fake Famous, Western Stars, Wig, The Jinx, It Will Be Chaos and more, here are unmissable documentaries showing on Showmax this April.
HOW TO WITH JOHN WILSON S1 | Binge now
“It’s kind of like that show,
Planet Earth, but if it was only in New York and David Attenborough was forced to film everything himself,” says John Wilson in the trailer to
How To with John Wilson,
WHAT IT S ABOUT:
Explore the meaning of fame and influence in the digital age through an innovative social experiment in this HBO documentary. Three people with relatively small followings are turned into influencers overnight.
WHAT WE THOUGHT:
What would you do to be famous? That s the focal question asked in the HBO documentary
Fake Famous - now streaming on Showmax - as it dives into a social experiment about what it takes to become a celebrity on social media.
An actor, fashion designer and real-estate assistant working in Los Angeles are selected from a casting call and are thrust into the sketchy industry of buying followers and engagement - all in an effort to make them famous almost overnight. Elaborate photoshoots help craft a luxurious lifestyle for their pages, taking the idea of fake it til you make it to the extreme. The experiment takes all three down very different paths as they grapple with social media s psychological impact on society and on themselves.