Bama Rush

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Bama Rush

2023

1h 41m

Documentary

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In August 2021, the long-held tradition of sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama, also known as rush, went viral on TikTok. Becoming a viral sensation and cultural phenomenon using the hash tag “Bama Rush,” to date more than 2 billion people have watched. In the upcoming feature documentary BAMA RUSH, Fleit follows four young women as they prepare to rush at the university in 2022. In this documentary, Fleit explores the emotional complexities and stakes of belonging in this crucial window into womanhood.

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

05/26/2023

There’s a lot about the whole sorority phenomenon that could never fit within the narrow rectangle of a cellphone app. So Bama Rush widens the frame.

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Nick Schager

The Daily Beast

05/17/2023

What it reveals is an exclusionary environment that views beauty, wealth, privilege, and conformity as the highest of ideals—and which seems, in some cases, to exacerbate the very problems these young women believe it will solve.

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Dustin Rowles

Pajiba

08/31/2023

I’m not sure that I would call Bama Rush a great documentary, but it is an unwelcome reminder of how superficially brutal Greek life can be.

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

07/27/2023

68/100

You might come to Bama Rush looking for a scandalous exposé of Greek life, but the profound insight these young women bring to the film turns it into something much more compelling.

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Stephen Silver

Splice Today

06/16/2023

2/5

Manages to make something boring out of what should be a fascinating subject, thanks to a meandering focus, mere lip service paid to serious and weighty subject

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Jennifer Green

Common Sense Media

05/31/2023

Ultimately, this film feels very unsettling. There's a major lack of self-confidence on display, and the idea that there's a cottage industry of rush coaches will come as a surprise to many viewers.

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Ryan S

@RT76711848 Oct 7

This documentary is a nothing sandwich (literally nothing happens) and the director makes frequent appearances to talk about her hair loss which is totally unrelated and just plain weird. She wants to be the main character, but it's just awkward

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Tina S

@Tinas413 Jun 16

This has to be one of the worst docs I've ever seen. Just surface level. Why it didnt delve into the machine? Anything. Boring. Should have never been produced.

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Sue M

@RT06106197 01/04/2025

If the director wanted to do a doc about growing up with Alopecia she should. Unfortunately, this doc became more about her Alopecia than Rushing.

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Parker D

@RT48119182 11/04/2024

Bald lady seeks revenge on SEC Greek life many years after being rejected and picks apart the insecurities of like 5 or 6 random high schoolers while failing to uncover anything interesting or unknown about rushing a sorority at the university of Alabama. Every 20 minutes or so, the audience is jarringly reminded that whatever social or mental struggle of one of the girls displayed, director lady went through much worse because she wore a wig in college. Not to mention, it’s an investigative documentary that fails in the sense that her intentions were largely revealed to the student population months before rush and she failed to get any interesting footage.

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Robert C

@RT56431528 12/27/2023

Teaser doc about sorority recruitment at U of A made a mountain out of a molehill. And, I'm not a fan of the Greek system.

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Danielle M

@RT32101875 09/15/2023

Could have been better had they touched on some systemic issues and the filmmaker hadn't gotten involved. She seemed to think she was the center of the sorry. Very indulgent!

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In August 2021, the long-held tradition of sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama, also known as rush, went viral on TikTok. Becoming a viral sensation and cultural phenomenon using the hash tag “Bama Rush,” to date more than 2 billion people have watched. In the upcoming feature documentary BAMA RUSH, Fleit follows four young women as they prepare to rush at the university in 2022. In this documentary, Fleit explores the emotional complexities and stakes of belonging in this crucial window into womanhood.

Director: Rachel Fleit
Producer: Andrew Freston, Danny Gabai, Zachary Luke Kislevitz
Distributor: Max
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2023
Runtime: 1h 41m