Fake Famous

2021 • 86 minutes

About this movie

Followers, likes, comments these are the currencies of fame today. Illuminating the good and bad of our obsession with social media, this documentary trails former reporter Nick Bilton and a team of social media experts, casting agents, and stylists as they recruit three starry-eyed Los Angeles transplants to participate in a social experiment designed to turn everyday people with modest online followings into "famous" influencers.