![]() ![]() And I never saw that in a woman, in a real person, like her. “I see my future self in her, in a way,” she said. She includes Fleit in that list of women. “And when I see these videos or comments from women that are in their 30s, or even 20s, just trying to pick apart every little piece that we say, and trying to find something hateful about it, it’s hurtful.” But she considers the film a record of her personal growth from a high schooler searching for a sense of self to a sorority woman who feels empowered, and inspired, by the women who surround her. “I was 17 years old at the time we started filming,” she said. When I reached her by phone ahead of the documentary’s release, she hadn’t yet seen the film, but she’d certainly seen the comments on the trailer. She’s seemingly unafraid, even eager, to submit to the rush process, firm in the belief that she will find herself through her new sorority. One of Fleit’s subjects is Isabelle, whom we meet in California during her senior year of high school. While Fleit did not gain access to a highly coveted sorority house, or any Greek house at all, she did enter the inner lives of the young women who fill them. ![]() Far from being a juicy exposé on sorority culture at the university, the film explores what it means to be a part of American society as a young woman - particularly when that society is itching to watch your world get torn down by a documentary on a streaming service. These hysterics surrounding the buzzy TikTok-inspired documentary aren’t surprising, but anyone who can let go of the hype and actually watch the film is likely to realize they’re completely unnecessary. An ominous voiceover in the new MAX documentary Bama Rush makes a lofty, revolutionary declaration: “This documentary could be the end of Greek life as we know it.” It’s clipped from a TikTok video about the mere rumor of director Rachel Fleit’s project, which inevitably overtakes the University of Alabama during its 2022 production, causing one of Fleit’s subjects to ghost her and forcing the director to wear a disguise around campus for her own safety. ![]()
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