Bama Rush | Official Trailer | Max

BAMA RUSH follows 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. Bama Rush is streaming Tuesday May 23 on Max.
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[@orangedrink888]

"I don't know who I am so let me join a sorority so they can tell me who I am"

[@TheOpenSociety777]

​@Katye Dyakova I've never seen a documentary where the narrator/director inserted themselves into the documentary. Let alone a bald women with a clearly self-interested biased agenda

[@MH-0101]

@@TheOpenSociety777 Well if you watched to show you would know that 3/4 of the girls dropped out so they didn't have enough content for an actual documentary and had to improvise. It's unfortunate that the director had never been in a sorority because she would have chosen much different girls if she had.

[@TheOpenSociety777]

@@MH-0101 I'm not in the business of predicting what a random bald woman would or wouldn't do, or any woman or person for that matter. The fact remains is this "documentary" started from a point of a predetermined narrative and pushed a very one sided biased agenda. One university in one state in one city doesn't happen to follow the all encompassing "progressive" Machine that pervades every university in America, and HBO has to make this show highlighting (condemning) the one university that stands as a bulwark to the singular woke college mind virus . I guess all I can say is Roll tide and keep doing what you're doing !!!

[@Thecuriousincident1]

She was adopted. Maybe have some compassion for people who don't know where they fit in and are looking for something that means that on the outside. Obviously she's not going to get anything real like what she's looking for from a sorority but maybe instead of being snarkey, try to understand her.

[@Thecuriousincident1]

​@@TheOpenSociety777What's her agenda? and yes plenty of people are in their own documentaries.

[@mandistone]

there are sororities that are all about sisterhood, and then there are sororities who care about rankings.

[@hermes-stanlvu4116]

Majority are all rankings

[@floralgem]

I was in a sorority in the north. It's so different up there in terms of recruitment and how greek life is up north. It's 1000 times chiller than in the south. I'm interested to see how this doc plays out and what's discussed here. Plus the director is known for really good docs.

[@katielogsdonkrupa8348]

I was in a sorority in Ohio and agree it’s way more chill here. Being in a sorority isn’t perfect but I made some of my best friends in my chapter and had a 3.75-4.0 GPA each semester I was in my sorority.

[@yourlocalbrand1694]

agreed canadian srats are more chill

[@tylernrc]

THIS!

[@gamerage4459]

100%

[@apolk]

Right? I was in a sorority in the north, and it was the opposite of this life or death situation they're making it out to be. It was super chill.

[@jackandrews7878]

This isn’t meant to “shut down” sororities, it’s meant to show how superficial, arrogant, catty, and immature a lot of them are. Those kinds of qualities breed a toxic environment.

[@jimmyd696969]

If you're on the outside looking in...

[@MadeleinePetti]

Shows how much you know about sorority women

[@secretagentcat]

​@@MadeleinePetti most of the sorority women i have met are stay at home moms or toxic asf. there is genuinely something wrong with these cults

[@rubberbandman097]

@@MadeleinePetti we dont know much we just rank them

[@jackandrews7878]

@@MadeleinePetti I know about the types of women that join them. Dumb, spoiled, and arrogant

[@roboj]

I'm so pumped and beyond excited for you all to see this. I'm very honored to say I did the Sound Design for this amazing documentary (shout out to Dungeon Beach Post!), and it was one of most fun and insightful experiences I've ever had. So much love to Rachel and University of Alabama and everyone who made this! ❤ Hope you all enjoy it as much we enjoyed making it sound good 😊 🤘

[@jasonpounders1031]

Look bad to the unversity of alabama

[@roboj]

@@CDWAMLP we'll just have to see... :)

[@RollTide1987]

I remember my time at Alabama during Rush. I took classes there during a couple of summers and it was always crazy to see some of the frat guys with fold out chairs sitting outside the stadium waiting to laugh at the girls who didn't make it.

[@TheGibztang]

So what did you do to try and change that? Not a dam thing because you’re a sheep and just as bad as those guys you talk about

[@Ronnie438]

@@TheGibztang you cannot change something that you have no control over.

[@TheGibztang]

@@Ronnie438 yet we have control over things like the education system so wtf are you talking about? Sounds like you just turn a blind eye to problems

[@Ronnie438]

@@TheGibztang how can one man change what happens during sorority rush such as a group of men making fun of women who didn’t make it?

[@TheGibztang]

@@Ronnie438 it’s starts as one person and more follow. That’s how it’s always worked. Like all the movements in history that started with one person and led to laws being passed. The first thing this person we are talking about could have done is bring it to the attention of the school board, or the city council, or a news outlet or if there were laws broken the courts and layers. Doing nothing when something should be done is almost as bad as doing it yourself. So stop being a coward and speak up and we wouldn’t have a rape culture like we do in America universities

[@raciemay197]

Whether or not you like or are involved in Greek life anywhere, Bama is for sure an enigma and the sorority culture here is an unprecedented cultural phenomenon. Buckle up and grab some popcorn, folks.

[@ateallthemonsters2302]

I am watching on HD and just looking for thong slips

[@mfabates6717]

will do 🫡🍿

[@rubyright4762]

I think you mean enema

[@hwr2590]

Brainwashed

[@nylotus]

Showing America's blatant and accepted racism at a school that just uses black people for sports. Gotta love it.

[@godfreycarmichael]

I went to graduate school at Alabama in the 80's. The people in my program were from all over the world and we were constantly fascinated and appalled by the undergraduate population.

[@ripwednesdayadams]

i went to a big school in an east coast city. we had greek life but it wasn’t a big deal like this. no one cared if people were in sororities or frats. the sororities and frat culture at my school was way more chill. i could never attend a school where greek life was the only social scene- it’s not my thing at all. i can see how it would be really alienating for a lot of people.

[@catmom7286]

I was in a sorority & some of the worst human beings I’ve ever encountered were my “sisters”.

[@girlwhoseeks]

:(

[@anovemberstar]

To 99% of everyone NOT living in the US, that's how we see it right from the outset. Like WTAF would anyone want to be in one of these mass bullying, superficial groups??!!

[@avalouise5604]

oh. my. god. they are actually doing it

[@jaynefrain-montgomery1308]

If you go in for legit sisterhood, you can relax a little bit. If you are going in for ranking, top tier, and being part of the machine-then it’s a different circumstance.

[@ryancullinane7734]

The machine isn’t real buddy

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

@@ryancullinane7734 Pink Floyd thinks it is.

[@angieharrison5586]

Well said!!!!

[@steelmagnoliadiane]

@@ryancullinane7734 , the machine is real but they always go around saying the machine is not real. It was certainly there when I was at Alabama!

[@stuarthall5271]

​@@steelmagnoliadianeComing from a current student, it definitely still exists, just not as prominently as it used to.

[@jojotrommlerExtraBougEe]

Young women today have so much pressure that it's heartbreaking 💔 WOMEN LOVE/ENCOURAGE EACH OTHER.

[@keystaffwielder]

As someone who went to Bama, if there isn’t mention of The Machine it doesn’t matter lmao

[@Anne-ot8gq]

Im so curious about the machine this is going to be a great doc

[@Abril-1234]

I'm a Bama alum and I had NOTHING to do with Greek culture and had an AMAZING time. Got a great education, made lifelong friends that I didn't have to pay for, studied abroad, and met my husband! Roll Tide!

[@katesweeney9101]

I'm glad you had a great experience. But saying people in Greek life pay for friends is ridiculous.

[@ellacatherine109]

The dues paid by sorority members go towards operational costs, philanthropy, and the administration of the National overhead, if Panhellenic. It's just like any other organization you join. Accusing sorority of 'buying their friends' is ignorant and tired.

[@Abril-1234]

@@katesweeney9101 okay then what is the point of a sorority?

[@gigachad6162]

@@ellacatherine109 Cope NPC.

[@ellacatherine109]

@@gigachad6162 explain

[@chesterwilberforce9832]

Check list to rush at Alabama: 1) Are you white? 2) Are you blonde? 3) Are you skinny? If not, are you willing to develop and eating disorder? 4) Are you privileged upper middle class? 4) Are you descended from a member of the Daughters of the Confederacy? 5) Can you do a keg stand?

[@pricklypear1111]

Imagine if all of these girls put as much energy into something actually worthwhile what they could accomplish

[@dannyjeffers]

theyre putting all this energy into it so they can be set up for life *without* ever needing to accomplish anything

[@joanne4758]

@@dannyjeffers Interesting comment - I had heard about it - but always gave the benefit of the doubt. Can't imagine them sitting around our tea table!!! Regards Oceania

[@tjones7638]

i'm surprised they didn't include that guy that got rejected from all the houses

[@AbeFroman19861]

This is either going to be the best show ever produced by HBO or the worst.

[@jltaco85]

Nothing will beat The Last Of Us!!

[@heykiss3713]

It's a documentary...

[@Laughandcryful]

@@jltaco85 lol. The Wire and The Sopranos are miles ahead of the last of us

[@osubucknut100]

@@LaughandcryfulOz too

[@grilledcheesus]

It’s not a show it’s a documentary.

[@Juniebeaniebaby101]

Me DMing all of my Bama Greek Life friends being like: “how u feeling”

[@mitchellroussey4914]

These people clearly have not done their research into the Spikeball culture at Bama, it is alive and thriving (we have 12 people that show up regularly)

[@jonathanzegers5583]

And on the 10 year anniversary of Bama desegregating their Sororities!!

[@yb4671]

Absolutely. Now I don’t think I’m a naïve person, but to learn that they’ve only desegregated in 2013 is unbelievable. Perhaps I’m overly optimistic, because I thought race relations were much better than that in the south. It’s not perfect here in NY, but no where near that stage of ignorance… …be well.😊

[@AirCheco2345]

@@yb4671 nah as Chapelle says, “there are no secrets in Mississippi”

[@SkyMeeks]

the only thing i care about is seeing how rush affects woc cause that needs to be talks about

[@meguminchan5473]

Oh yeah, no. They treat poc students* like crap here

[@jazzyjen5083]

This also is a bigger issue in Southern Schools and the bigger the school the bigger of a problem this is. I went to a smaller college in the northern part of the country so race wasn’t really a issue for us (I also went to a very progressive college which also played a part). My friends at bigger schools also didn’t really notice race issues but they all went to northern schools as well.

[@DenverTide]

The President of Panhellenic is a woc.

[@jdidz5146]

They're probably more racially diverse than AKA, Delta Sigma Theta, etc.

[@jaydubs6354]

@@meguminchan5473 well… it’s Alabama lol what did you expect

[@dedezz13]

just watched this and I thought the director made it about her battle with alopecia instead of a deep dive into the actual sorority culture

[@IsaiahMang]

Lol I legit had no interest in the directors story

[@SammyxSweetheart.02]

She only talked about her experiences like 5 times, its not that big a deal

[@NoStasis]

Never glorify needy, insecure people who look down on others for not being in their snobby clubhouse.

[@zoenoel5260]

They’re not all like that though.

[@sjbechet1111]

Absolutely - their insecurity and hollow personalities are the very reason they need to create status. They are only capable of feeling relevant when they measure themselves against others by their own made up standards. Just this brief look at these vapid zombie TikTok sheep makes me wonder if it's possible to stay far enough away from them.

[@17thstreetpodcast20]

@@zoenoel5260 cmon now bruh 😭

[@biteme6551]

A good rule of thumb is to remember that the media will lie to you in a minute, frame a story to fit their narrative and leave a lot on the cutting room floor. In short, the media is absolutely despicable and you would be wise to assume the worst from these people.

[@herbestt]

i honestly love this. it’s so intense and so interesting because i had no idea it was so serious 😹😹

[@stubbs3023]

VERY excited to watch this! I loved my time in my sorority but I’m not too biased to see that there were negative parts. I love my sisters but we certainly did some problematic things and the process as a whole was very looks-based. I don’t think it takes away from all the positive experiences to acknowledge some of the negative.

[@coldstonesteveaustin1324]

“ i wouldn’t have gone to Alabama if it didn’t blow up on tik tok” This is how we make life decisions now? Lol

[@shanlieart]

It's how most people make decisions, subliminal advertising of wanting to be apart of something big and glamorized. From a kid deciding to be an astronaut from that magazine catalogue with a man on the moon to wanting to be an actor from the glitz if Hollywood shown on TV. Most people going into medical don't talk about saving others, they talk about the paycheck associated with it since society promotes it as financial success.

[@storykeeper8684]

My husband and I were both Greek at schools in Alabama. We opted out pretty quickly.

[@growingupgrigsby6777]

Finally! I've so been looking forward to this!

[@kat.5927]

Watching this as a European 30 year old woman 😕 I'm glad european universities have none of that. It was so chill and friendly at my University, I couldn't imagine being in a sorority.

[@lifeisbannanas]

Yeah American sucks. I plan on moving to Switzerland eventually.

[@tymac9127]

Nervited will never be a thing🥴

[@dougtheghoul2845]

Nervousited is what it's called. created years ago on mlpfim.

[@laineyweirich2069]

@@dougtheghoul2845 THIS

[@allenambroselive]

Thats so fetch

[@tigertalkk]

Cringe

[@NoStasis]

It takes longer to say it and explain it that it would to just say “I’m nervous and excited”.

[@averagejojo7019]

its important to look at the ideas and cultures these social organizations actually perpetuate instead of just looking at the “principles” they claim to stand for. talking from experience i was in frat life. that aint a brotherhood😂. we talked a lot but actions speak louder than words. glad this will bring some of this to light cause bad things happen at these places.

[@karanicole2999]

this comment is so true! I rushed once it was a big reason why I quit university by the end of rush week. I packed up all of my stuff, moved out of the dorm back home, and STILL had to sit and watch the meeting videos.

[@zoenoel5260]

Frat life and sorority life are a bit different but also keep in mind that your experience is not the same as everyone else’s. I had a great experience in Greek life.

[@zoenoel5260]

@@karanicole2999 Greek life definitely isn’t for everyone. Just because you had a bad experience doesn’t mean that everyone has a bad experience. My personal experience is great.

[@karanicole2999]

@@zoenoel5260 question, did your parents/family pay for you to be in Greek life or pay for any of your university? Did you go to a SEC school? These two things are major factors that contribute to a person being able to enjoy greek life.

[@zoenoel5260]

@@karanicole2999 my parents do pay for everything. However, they are not rich. I don’t go to an sec school. I do go to a southern state school just not sec

[@tymac9127]

Chanel Oberlin is going to be so pissed😭

[@jaydubs6354]

Who?

[@MrTpeppers]

Wow, being in a sorority in the 90s was totally different than this!

[@user-id4fl4hy7b]

There is nothing sadder than hearing a grown woman talk about her sorority days as if that were her greatest accomplishment. Worse yet is when they claim that their sorority experience qualifies them for leadership positions. What a joke!

[@rmtsdelight3773]

My mom was an U of Alabama alumni (1970) and she never pledged or messed with the Greek life! The machine was in full affect back then. I decided against going to UA cause the Greek life is everything there and knowing the people who I went to high school with that were/are involved in greek life kind of turned my opinion of the place sour! I am a Bama fan at heart because I did have season tickets the majority of my life, but Auburn is a much cooler campus to hang out at.

[@erin-shhmerin3704]

Yup. I went to an SEC school as well and I knew a girl who rushed Phi Mu. She didn't make it and her parents had to pull her out of school for her mental health because she was suicidal over it. This was the same girl who was also suicidal over not making the cheer squad in high school. This was in the early 2000's when "the machine" had more power then than they have today. It's so disturbing.

[@flanagamer]

Tuscaloosa is a💩 city too 😅

[@ChipeloAndCrew]

What’s the machine?

[@erin-shhmerin3704]

@@ChipeloAndCrew The machine is reportedly made up of representatives from the school’s top sororities and fraternities, and controls everything from on-campus politics to Homecoming Court elections. We all called them “the machine” due to how influential they were.

[@AirCheco2345]

@@ChipeloAndCrewthe machine is an exclusive family that’s been historically affiliated with AB’s top frats/sororities. They control Bama’s state politics including the University’s. We’re talking governors, attorney generals, congressmen, etc. Who hold a majority stake in what AB’s culture is….go against it…and you’ll find yourself expelled, imprisoned, or socially exiled (which is honestly the worst) they use the machine to control the stability that is there Version of Alabama. Unfortunately, i can’t say anymore or I’ll give up my true identity but that’s how the south works. You don’t have power. The Machine controls everything

[@xGERKENATORx]

This is one of the saddest things I've ever seen. It's truly heartbreaking.

[@emilygiacini]

this is so funny omg

[@watermelon2223]

The amalgamation of power and intergnerational wealth is not funny...

[@joshlockie9285]

It blows my mind that these people actually exist lmao

[@NikBesko]

I went to school in Canada and frats and sororities are minimal. Then I went to school here……my world got flipped upside down when it came to that side of school. Greatest time of my life though because it was basically a vacation since lots of my courses got exempt from a similar course in Canada 😂😂

[@TheMoukis]

As a Greek myself, I have no idea what this "Greek life" is all about, but if it is as it's shown here, I might as well sue you all for cultural appropriation. LOL.

[@brittxnyakawaii12]

Cant wait to watch

[@katelinamanda]

I feel like this is really going to hurt chapters at any schools who are actually about sisterhood. I definitely agree that greek life isn't all sunshine and daisies everywhere, but there are genuinely some amazing chapters and sisterhoods across the US

[@MadeleinePetti]

What sorority wouldn’t “actually be about sisterhood?”

[@secretagentcat]

@@MadeleinePetti none of them. its just about power

[@PurvasLifeOnline]

Ok white supremacist lol

[@turtletail313]

The US is the only country that has Greek Life. It's a weird practice that we'd be just fine without

[@DefendTheKnee]

​@@turtletail313 frats and sororities are also a thing in some European countries.

[@Mac-eq5zm]

I feel sororities are weird, I like to be in control of my own life and choose who I want to be friends with!!! Most of these girls are full of themselves!!!

[@Jimmlove]

I was waiting for Bert Kreischer to make an appearance when they said “The Machine”

[@quarterhorsgirl]

I saw an ad about this doc, I was shocked when they said it would cost these girls and guys upwards of 8k just for Rush Week. That is ridiculous. It is already 12k in state and 30k out of state just for college. I would like someone to explain why it takes 18k more to teach the same damn thing to an out of state student as it does an in state one!

[@billblaski9523]

8K isn't just for Rush Week, that's average price of dues you have to pay per semester

[@shelleydorrill7905]

65% of the UA undergraduate students are NOT in Greek life. I went there and had a FABULOUS time without ever being part of this toxic environment. The UA community is so much more than sorority girls.

[@rmtsdelight3773]

Alabama is great! My mom wasn't involved in Greek culture but had a wonderful time! My experience is different cause even though I am UA through and through Auburn was a much chiller campus!

[@elleobi]

35% is pretty high though. More than enough to make the culture pervasive (or invasive)

[@gigig2345]

It's still a lot; they would call those not in sororities "independents". Like being independent is a bad thing lol

[@jennifertan]

this trailer was very misleading lol

[@tigertalkk]

Here we go!

[@thewayofroses]

This documentary had such potential but tbh it was actually really boring and there was nothing I hadn’t already heard about before from other KZbinrs who do commentary

[@zacharyglenn4047]

I went to UA. Greek life is crazy.

[@sarahsullivan36]

Isn't the point of an education to learn from others who are different than you? Why would you want to spend critical formative learning years surrounded by people who are exactly the same? Doesn't that kind of defeat the purpose of going to school at all?

[@kandyaxelrod8797]

I can't relate to any of this but I will try to watch it

[@juffrrio9676]

We need one showing just how awful fraternities are too

[@biteme6551]

If you don't know, the MEDIA is filled with absolutely VILE people who will lie to you, frame a story to fit their narrative, leave out information, insinuate things and lead you to believe things that they don't say and otherwise deceive you to get more eyeballs. They have quit performing a public service and now it's all about money.

[@caseyschmacey]

You know what I find weird about the whole "The Machine" concept? It's supposed to be this giant menacing secret government society that controls every aspect of the school. But it's literally run by a handful of 18-22 year olds 😂

[@joshlockie9285]

College has become a joke.

[@maxg8766]

This culture has always existed.

[@robertmartin613]

Watched this to learn more about the RushTok social media tsunami, but be warned, the doc is really about the director's personal lifelong struggles with social acceptance, she directly conflates her alopecia (baldness) condition with the immense social pressures to conform and obey and be accepted within 'Bama greek life. That's her right as an artist, but just be informed that the doc is about the storyteller's own journey, really.

[@reeseruss]

That’s disappointing lol

[@parrotcracker6629]

I'm almost done watching this documentary, it's okay but I really wished the director didn't post feedback and start to make tiny bits of the documentary about her life and referencing her life in college. I thought it strayed away from the main focus of the documentary and totally irrelevant information.

[@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220]

The funny thing is that she tried to use this production as blackmail and leverage against other girls in the sorority as she ran for a leadership position. She didn’t get the position and now she gives the producers the green light to use her story…. 🐍🐍🐍🐍

[@Sydney-ns4hk]

Who?

[@jollyroman6695]

Don’t care

[@hkem1]

The black girl

[@Axolfi]

We found one

[@secretagentcat]

found a cultist

[@TheProjectcoNrad]

I feel like it’s not that serious

[@Lily-qi9yb]

It’s literally not

[@fuzi0n.963]

thats cause it isnt. this is a great example of overdramatizing to pull in more views than it deserves. i mean its working clearly. i go to alabama and know that most of the stuff in this wont be true but i still am intrigued to see what they cover honestly.

[@kittycouturee]

@@Lily-qi9yb it is there is a lot of racism towards women of color. it needs to be talked about

[@cjgaming3175]

These girls are so focused on getting into these sororities when they could've spent that energy on getting into a good school.

[@murphy1011]

UofA is a good school lol

[@Ronnie438]

@@murphy1011 no it’s not lol. They have an 80 percent acceptance rate.

[@rebinky]

Isn’t this about alopecia??

[@stacyd.yeager2311]

This documentary does not seem to talk about the NPHC Sororities such as Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc as an alternative for poc

[@hkem1]

Nobody cares about those

[@tarwatered8320]

They interview someone from Alpha Kappa Alpha. Discuss the integration of the row. What's funny is I went to Ole Miss and was in a top fraternity there. And I used to work as a bouncer with guys at one of the bars (now closed) from Alpha Phi Alpha. Good dudes. Cracked me up constantly.

[@yemisi5191]

Girl let them have their stuff. I really wish black people would move past trying to be accepted in white spaces. We have our own.

[@robertmartin2120]

Cringe

[@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220]

More like treachery

[@NancyinNYC]

Having already read both "Gone with the Wind" and "Lord of the Flies," I will be 100% skipping this.

[@queenbee9874]

This whole thing cracks me up especially when the girl says this could change Greek like as we know it I’m a sorority girl from the 80’s and these little girls don’t have a clue if the internet had been around back then that would have ended Greek life the sugar coated crap they do now doesn’t hold a candle to the things we did. Thank god my kids will never see a KZbin video of what sorority life was then it sure wasn’t being a drama queen

[@Lupinthe3rd88]

"It's Not TV, It's HBO"

[@jessiromero4967]

I went to a southern Christian private school and I dealt with racism and exclusion since I was the only Hispanic girl in my dorm!!! ended up dropping out after freshman year I can’t imagine being in the only brown girl at a only rich white girl sorority!!

[@theotherbonjovi6259]

I'm ready for all the girlies to pick up arms and go feral over this My popcorn is ready!

[@grayscar05]

This will be a hot mess ... can't wait!

[@NightimeInDeepSpace]

I've never understood American sorority/fraternity things. How can you have time to learn a career when your main focus is party and drama. But maybe this is mostly for rich people who get career by nepotism and contacts

[@lifeisbannanas]

You basically summed it up. That's how the full house star got her daughter into college. By paying the admissions counselor.

[@orangechickengorl]

Why would anyone pay insane amounts of money to make friends is beyond me

[@bryantmcmahon7977]

Push that narrative!

[@olivelovesdaisy6362]

Where can I watch this in the U.K.?

[@TheMoukis]

What is the song's name during the trailer?

[@user-ef9dw1ot8f]

I can't wait for this documentary! I have a chapter on Alabama's sorority recruitment in my 2022 book The Benefits of Friends: Inside the Complicated World of Today's Sororities and Fraternities

[@TheGibztang]

Its safe to say a lot of people almost feel sorry for you

[@billblaski9523]

Can I have a free copy of your book please

[@benpervis4223]

🍿🍿

[@Coolguy-es7mq]

Fraternity rush was a simple hanging out a few evenings, cooking out, hanging out, minor application of interest to fill out… then afterward the members would go through each application, talk about each person, put up a quick vote, and that was it. Most people were given bids, some were not. It was not a huge deal. Then there were hazing events every weekend. Then we partied it up with these sororities every weekend. And that was it!

[@idioticEvil]

It is wild that I live here and have no clue what’s happening with Greek life

[@victoriafinklea6633]

this is laughably dramatic. this is not the bama i rushed at.

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

How many trains did you get pulled on you at Bama?

[@tslaten241]

@@Christoph-sd3zi Such a childish and disrespectful comment.

[@lucaspetro1426]

@Jd HBO owes you a racks for that feature

[@falcon5kokoloco]

If it ain’t snowin, I ain’t goin

[@McIrish_Lad]

Two important facts this trailer leaves out and I get the vibe the documentary will leave out as well; 1-only about a third of Alabama undergrads are involved in social greek societies, yes greek life is big and flashy there but the majority of students aren’t involved. And 2- “The Machine”(for anyone who doesn’t know is what they call the Greek leadership who try to control campus beyond greek life) is a shadow of what it use to be. Yes “The Machine” actually did have a lot of control of campus peeking in the 80s & 90s, but over the past 20ish years they’ve pretty much dissolved into only having control over most of Greek life and anything past that is really just a myth/urban legend.

[@Ronnie438]

McIrish Greek Life still has a significant amount of influence at Alabama compared to other schools in the U.S. They literally have the biggest Greek system in the country.

[@McIrish_Lad]

@@Ronnie438 I am aware, I did my grad work/taught at Alabama in the early 2010’s. I did my undergrad work at a school where greek was practically nonexistent, so I got hit with the culture shock for a few weeks at the start of my first year there. But from my experience, how it’s portrayed online is a hyper exaggerated version of itself and far to many people think the online persona of Alabama greek life is what it’s like in real life.

[@tarwatered8320]

If you're going to have any substantive social life at an SEC school, the Greek system is going to be involved in some way, shape, or form. Bama has a lot of post-grads, OOS/OOC students that are older and not there for football games or undergrad lifestyle. Those aren't the ones filling up the student section every weekend. Compared to a major city, there isn't a lot to do in Tuscaloosa. There isn't a lot to do in Auburn, Oxford, Starkville, or a slew of other SEC schools. College towns are insular and remote, and that is why the Greek system thrives.

[@ChiCityLady]

One-third is a high percentage compared to other colleges.

[@Ellenhall00]

I rushed Bama in 2016 before ‘Bama Rush’ blew up on TikTok. I’m not against a documentary, but they could’ve talked to people who were actually in the sorority instead of girls who decided to rush because of TikTok.. all I am saying.

[@kkreaux]

they did

[@SushiAS2002]

1) the top houses have nothing to do with frat boys opinions 2) this is so dramatic. rush was simply not that deep lol

[@jazzyjen5083]

I’m seconding this! I was in a sorority at my school and while I went to a small school the sorority standards they have are nation-wide and include GPA, Service Hours and other things. My chapter was considered a too chapter during my time there.

[@Christoph-sd3zi]

It was deep alright - balls deep

[@MadeleinePetti]

TEAAAAA

[@sarahflores3043]

Oh boy

[@tarwatered8320]

Thank the Lord they didn't do this at Ole Miss. There probably would've been a riot. lol

[@lookhowshegobbledthat]

LMAOOO all of those demons flooding in here to dislike this.

[@monkeyattackedmyass5435]

Super skeptical that a preexisting agenda, and a false narrative from outside media interests didn't come in with the intent to paint a picture that isn't really accurate. We've just seen it happen too many times before. But I'll reserve my final opinion until after I've watched. 👍🏼

[@biteme6551]

AMEN! A lot of these commenters seem prepared to accept whatever the director says without remembering how despicable, crooked and corrupt the media is.

[@christinap1356]

I’ve never seen such massive houses for sorority housing. Like omg. They are mansions. I was in a sorority in the mid west. And our sorority row had like 3 houses and none of them that nice. And was definitely not like this.

[@EdDiEman527]

If you don't like it don't do it!

[@Scarter310]

That’s what people say when there doing something wrong

[@LoveFactorySweatShop]

Burt Kreisher in the end credits scene.

[@Movierebel3]

Low-key and underrated comment.

[@colbiebeautyxoxo2]

Ohmygravy !! I only lasted 20 minutes because I thought it would be…well better. What a waste of time. So much opportunity to explore important issues and it was a big fat miss !! The history in the beginning was informative and important Then why go to boring BS with “consultants” and girls who have way bigger issues than RUSH Like I said missed opportunity and 20 minutes wasted Keep the focus on what’s important

[@biteme6551]

I'm watching "Bama Rush" and the director is basically saying that she, as a journalist, can't and won't create untruths, lie, insert misleading information, set up the sororities in a negative light, do anything unprofessional or otherwise deceive the viewer. I am calling "bull crap" on her supposed integrity because the media is absolutely despicable and we all watch how they lie, frame stories, insert exaggerations or outright leave out details that don't support their narrative. The media is pure evil. This director is saying how honest she is and how she can't do these things and is trying to convince us like we are stupid and should just believe her. Like we are idiots and don't know how the media operates and like we haven't seen how despicable they truly are.

[@dominiccarli5659]

a geed made this documentary

[@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220]

More like a snake with a racial identity crisis

[@SuperSmith]

Imagine having your life peak in Tuscaloosa of all places

[@ryanandress447]

@@SuperSmith imagine your peak never happening

[@SuperSmith]

@@ryanandress447 Oh I'm sure they'll all read this and start swooning over you Ryan.

[@Average_Democracy_Enjoyer]

​@@ryanandress447 that's not how peaks work...

[@gabriellebarlow2476]

I wonder if Lauren Norris and Gracie O’Conner will be in this

[@jananiram3041]

The girl in the beginning looked like Gracie to me.

[@Be_Kind_Rewind]

Yes, Gracie is in it. She just released a video talking about it. I've always wondered what their experience has been with each other.

[@Eminotemily]

I was surprised Lauren didn’t say anything about it. Maybe she isn’t in it? Idk who Gracie is though

[@SupermillionVisuals]

🔥

[@knutthompson7879]

I was in a fraternity in a non-southern school and I honestly had no idea how different greeks are in southern universities. It is a weird world, one I NEVER would have been accepted in. Never would have wanted to be accepted in.

[@christschool]

Not all of the South is like the SEC schools. They are different. I was at UNC. We had a vibrant Greek life, but like any school that puts academics first, Greek life there is very different than it is at an SEC school.

[@snoodlebug1800]

@@christschool Most of the sororities have to put their grades first at Alabama too. Maybe not to the same level as UNC of course, but members have to maintain anything above a 3.0 to avoid academic probation. I know it comes as a shock but a lot of these girls are 4.0 students at Alabama in Greek life. That’s what my older sister explained to me.

[@knutthompson7879]

@@snoodlebug1800 I think people generally understand this, those there are some caveats. And in general the “desirable” Greeks are not desirable for their high GPA. I mean they go about which sorority has the “hottest girls” here. Frats are a bit different for sure, especially where I went, but I was a straight A student and I promise you the “top” frats wouldn’t have let me walk through the front door. There is still and very clear social order that you are either in or your not. My frat was the “weird” frat.

[@Ronnie438]

@@christschool that's true. UNC is a public Ivey in a super liberal city.

[@christschool]

@@snoodlebug1800 Alabama is no UNC, which is a public IVY. A 4.0 at Alabama is like a 2.0 at UNC. Alabama admits nearly everyone that applies. It's a pay your fees get your degrees school. Blame your legislature for not valuing a good education in Alabama. There are smart students in Alabama high schools, despite their one party rule and that party doesn't value an education, they just choose to go to out of state schools for an education because an Alabama degree outside of SEC country is sort of a joke. Unless its UF, Texas-Austin or Vanderbilt, I won't hire an SEC grad. Community Colleges in NC are as good as the typical SEC school. Football, God and Guns are what is important in that culture. Education is way way down the list.

[@lifeisbannanas]

Most sorority girls are mean. Those that say theyre not were part of a sorority and cant see from the outside

[@deggis4]

This just might be the most important documentary of our life time /s

[@biteme6551]

LOL. Some of these commenters are blind to how absolutely despicable the media is and the lengths they will go to.