The award show meltdown that became Swedish pop legend.
In 1996, the artist Leila K was nominated for the best album award, for her album "Manic Panic", in the Swedish Grammis Gallan. She ultimately lost the award to Dilba, and didn't take it very well. The day after, the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published a story about Leila K peeing on the floor at the award ceremony. Leila K filed a lawsuit against them, and was offered a chance to redeem herself. The documentary also covers how Leila K built her career and stardom, from the beginning with Rob'n'Raz and their world wide mega hit "Got To Get" in 1989, up to her second album of her solo career.
Editing
Göran Olsson's frantic archival collage.
Production
Unbelievable access to 90s Swedish music industry chaos.
Director
Göran Olsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Leila K was Sweden's first major Black female pop star, and the documentary quietly interrogates how the white Swedish media apparatus built her up specifically to tear her down.
Director Göran Olsson later became internationally known for 'The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975'—this was his scrappy early work, literally made from dumpster-dived VHS tapes.
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