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Brittle Bone Rapper is a 24-minute documentary film about Sparsh Shah, a young rapper from New Jersey who has Osteogenesis Imperfecta, 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 to take up rap and how he had early success in social media with a cover version of an Eminem song ^[1]. 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 ^[2]. It was directed by Andy Mundy-Castle and commissioned by Adam Gee for Real Stories channel.^[3] ^[4]

Sparsh's family are of Indian descent from Gujarat and his rapping style incorporates aspects of Indian classical music. ^[5]

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[1] Huffington Post: Fearless Boy Who Has Incurable Disease Sings Eminem's 'Not Afraid'

[2] Digiday UK: doc about an Eminem fan with brittle bone disease

[3] Broadcast: Brittle Bone Rapper is a story set on America’s East Coast

[4] Broadcast: Little Dot hires Adam Gee for YouTube push

[5] New India Times: Sparsh Shah documentary

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 ==External links==
+*{{IMDb title|8008888}}
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYzWeTdr1Qw Brittle Bone Rapper full documentary on Real Stories channel]
-* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8008888/ IMDB listing]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqwzlMUt9oM Sparsh performing Eminem's Not Afraid]
 * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bC0hlK7WGcM Sparsh's TED talk]