Brittle Bone Rapper is a 24-minute documentary film about

Sparsh Shah Sparsh Shah is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and inspirational speaker from New Jersey, US. He was born in 2003 in Iselin, New Jersey, to a family of Indian descent. Sparsh has a very rare disorder Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also know ...

, a young rapper from New Jersey who has

Osteogenesis Imperfecta Osteogenesis imperfecta (; OI), colloquially known as brittle bone disease, is a group of genetic disorders that all result in bones that break easily. The range of symptoms—on the skeleton as well as on the body's other organs—may be mi ...

, also known as Brittle Bone Disorder. Unusually the film was commissioned by an independent producer as opposed to a broadcaster, media corporation or brand. It is the first original documentary commission from London and Los Angeles-based Little Dot Studios. It shows how Sparsh Shah was inspired by

Eminem Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972), known professionally as Eminem (; often stylized as EMINƎM), is an American rapper and record producer. He is credited with popularizing hip hop in middle America and is critically acclai ...

to take up rap and how he had early success in social media with a cover version of an Eminem song. The action revolves around a life-saving operation 14 year old Sparsh has to have in the run-up to performing and being honored at the Champions of Hope awards ceremony in Los Angeles in 2017. The film was produced by Doc Hearts for Little Dot Studios in 2018. It was directed by Andy Mundy-Castle and commissioned by Adam Gee for Real Stories channel. Sparsh's family are of Indian descent from

Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...

and his rapping style incorporates aspects of Indian classical music.New India Times: Sparsh Shah documentary
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Brittle Bone Rapper full documentary on Real Stories channel

Sparsh performing Eminem's Not Afraid

Sparsh's TED talk
2018 films 2018 short documentary films British short documentary films 2010s English-language films 2010s British films