Picture Supply: HBO
Following sorority recruitment week on the College of Alabama, aka Bama Rush, turned a sweeping development throughout TikTok in the summertime of 2021, and now it is getting the documentary remedy from Max and Vice Studios later this month.
The forthcoming function, directed by Rachel Fleit and titled “Bama Rush,” will observe the lives of 4 younger ladies as they put together to hurry on the College of Alabama in 2022. It is billed as a “nuanced and revealing documentary,” and Fleit will discover the “emotional complexities and stakes of belonging on this essential window into womanhood.”
Information of the unique documentary first made headlines in August 2022 after Selection reported that the documentary on the viral sensation was being filmed at the moment in Tuscaloosa, AL, the place the College of Alabama’s rush week concluded with greater than 2,500 college students dashing almost 20 Nationwide Panhellenic Convention (NPC) sororities. (It’s unclear if Alabama’s Nationwide Pan-Hellenic Council sorority rush will even be featured within the doc).
That very same month, in keeping with an announcement shared with The New York Occasions, Fleit stated, “This movie is a considerate and compassionate portrayal of younger ladies in 2022 as they rush the sorority system on the College of Alabama.”
The Bama Rush hashtag started on TikTok in 2021 as an inside take a look at Greek life by approach of some potential new members (PNMs) documenting their outfits of the day (OOTD) and the behind-the scenes of the College of Alabama’s sorority recruitment course of, per Vox. In response to the Occasions, the challenge had been within the works with Vice Studios ever for the reason that TikTok development grew in recognition throughout 2021’s rush week.
Forward, try the trailer for “Bama Rush” and discover out when it premieres on Max.
“Bama Rush” Trailer
“Bama Rush” Launch Date
The documentary begins streaming on Max on Might 23.
