I Was in The Black Eyed Peas. Then I Quit. | 'Almost Famous' by Op-Docs


In the mid-1990s, the singer and songwriter Kim Hill met a young rapper who suggested they start making music. That rapperโ€™s name was will.i.am, and his group was a rising Los Angeles underground hip-hop crew called The Black Eyed Peas. The rest is history โ€” or is it?

Hill found herself at a crossroads in 2000 and decided to quit the group and find her own voice, only to look on as The Black Eyed Peas reached global stardom with earworms like โ€œI Gotta Feeling.โ€ Having missed out on what every performer dreams of, does Hill regret her decision?

โ€œAlmost Famousโ€ is a special Op-Docs series of short films directed by Ben Proudfoot featuring people who nearly made history โ€” only to fall short. These are tales of overcoming disappointment at its most epic, from an astronaut who never flew to a superstar who never was.

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Credits
Director: Ben Proudfoot
Featuring: Kim Hill, Cassius Hill
Producers: Gabriel Berk Godoi, Abby Lynn Kang Davis
Co-Producer: Jeremy Lambert
Cinematography: Brandon Somerhalder
Additional Cinematography: Tom Mason
Editor: David Faddis
Composer: Nicholas Jacobson-Larson
Assistant Editor: Lisset Mendoza
First Assistant Camera: Jana McLain
Colorist: Stephen Derluguian
Re-Recording Mixer: Sean Higgins
Archival Coordinator: Sarah Stewart
Associate Producer: Caley Fox Shannon
Post-Production Supervisor: Dillon Brown
Post-Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Brooke
Supervising Editor: Federico Conforti
Sound Effects Editor: TJ Jacques
Additional Orchestration: Roger Juliร  Satorra
Scoring Mixer: Brad Haehnel

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