Bama Rush Documentary at HBO Max

Following together with sorority recruitment week at the University of Alabama, aka Bama Rush, has turn into a sweeping pattern throughout TikTok, and now it is getting the documentary treatment from HBO Max and Vice Studios. On Aug. 16, Variety reported that the forthcoming movie documenting the viral sensation, directed by Rachel Fleit, is at the moment being filmed in Tuscaloosa, AL, the place the University of Alabama’s rush week lately concluded with over 2,500 college students speeding almost 20 National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) sororities. (It is unclear if Alabama’s National Pan-Hellenic Council sorority rush may even be featured.)

According to a press release reviewed by The New York Times, by way of screenshots of an Instagram DM from a producer at Vice Studios, the documentary will reportedly “discover school life, sisterhood, and all the thrill and complexities of what it means to be a younger lady at the moment, following a number of ladies from the University of Alabama.” In one other assertion, Fleit added: “This movie is a considerate and compassionate portrayal of younger ladies in 2022 as they rush the sorority system at the University of Alabama.”

The Bama Rush hashtag started on TikTok in 2021 as an inside look at Greek life by means of some potential new members (PNMs) documenting their outfits of the day (OOTD) and the behind-the-scenes of the University of Alabama’s sorority recruitment course of, per Vox. It’s unclear when HBO Max’s Bama Rush documentary will premiere, however in accordance with the Times, the venture has been within the works with Vice ever because the TikTok pattern grew in recognition throughout final yr’s rush week.