Follow four young women as they prepare to rush at the University of Alabama in 2022. Against the viral backdrop of #BamaRush on TikTok, and the long-held tradition of sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama, the film explores the emotional complexities and high-stakes of belonging in this crucial window into womanhood.
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Using Alabama sorority rush as a Trojan horse to talk about your battle with alopecia is easily one of the most bizarre directorial choices in the history of film
Do you wear wigs?
Have you worn wigs?
Will you wear wigs?
When will you wear wigs?
and is the exposing documentary about the machine i was promised in the room with us right now?
the girls: we are real people! not just sorority girls!
the director every 10 minutes: i have alopecia
TW SA, ED
Girl, softly: My dad died
Another girl, casually: I used know exactly how many calories were in a meal because I had an eating disorder. Now I know exactly how many calories were in a meal because I go to the gym!
Other girl, nonchalantly: I’ve been roofied 3 times
Director, dramatically: And I had to wear a WIG 😔
This is
- a recruitment commercial for Alabama
- a therapy session for a filmmaker with alopecia
- a TikTok ad
This isn’t
- a good or interesting documentary
kappa kappa alopecia
glossing over the cross burning mention and spending 1/4 of the doc over the director’s alopecia sob story was A Choice.
the director is just like me fr bc i would also figure out a way to insert my narrative into a documentary that has literally nothing to do with me
so what you’re saying is the machine won
It is extremely hard to watch the director not only minimize her own experience with alopecia by relating to a bunch of rich white privileged southern girls who have lives a million times easier than hers (the situations are so painfully unrelated) but also her commentary makes it clear this documentary was never intended to be about the of history and sorority truths. Instead it highlighted the “hardships” that these girls face while rushing that are all basic life problems every person has but for them is the end of the world for them and their easy ass lives.
I feel so embarrassed for this director because this documentary was hyped up to be something that explored the racism, discrimination…
give me a phone, a cigarette, and 24 hours in tuscaloosa alabama and i’ll make a better documentary than this
