Jussie Smollett: Anatomy of a Hoax (2023)

How to Fake a Hate Crime

Describes the intrigue and drama that caused a celebrity to become despised, shocked Chicago and beyond, and left a path of destroyed reputations and careers. The Osundairo brothers will provide all the details related to the false crime.

Jussie Smollett: Anatomy of a Hoax

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Jussie Smollett

Jussie Smollett

as Self (archive footage)

Gabrielle Fonrouge

Gabrielle Fonrouge

as Self - National Correspondent, New York Post

as Self - Chicago Activist

Eddie T. Johnson

Eddie T. Johnson

as Self - Former Superintendent, Chicago PD

as Self - Former Chicago TV Journalist

Abimbola Osundairo

Abimbola Osundairo

Olabinjo Osundairo

Olabinjo Osundairo

as Self - Reporter, WGN Radio

Bennie Williams

Bennie Williams

as Self - Former Fox Entertainment Executive

as Self - Former Chief of Detectives, Chicago PD

as Self - Former Columnist, Chicago Tribune

S. Dilla Thomas

S. Dilla Thomas

as Self - Chicago Urban Historian

as Self - Author, Woke Racism

as Self - Chicago Mayor (2011-2019) (archive footage)

as Self (archive footage)

Gloria V. Rodriguez

Gloria V. Rodriguez

as Self - Attorney for the Osundairo Brothers

as Self - Uber Driver

as Self (archive footage)

as Self - TEA-G-I-F, Fox Soul

as Self - Professor of Philosophy, DePaul University

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Episodes season 1

1x1

The "attack"
1x2

Betrayal
1x3

Who is jussie?
1x4

My mother's son
1x5

What really happened
1x6

After the hoax

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