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The Rachel Divide (2018) is a English movie. Laura Brownson has directed this movie. Rachel Dolezal,Franklin Dolezal,Izaiah Dolezal,Esther Dolezal are the starring of this movie. It was released in 2018. The Rachel Divide (2018) is considered one of the best Documentary movie in India and around the world.
Rachel Dolezal became infamous when she was unmasked as a white woman living as the black head of her local N.A.A.C.P. chapter. Her unbelievable story issued a direct challenge to the sensitive topics of race and identity, while playing into the age of viral media. Whether she was hated or simply misunderstood, Dolezal touched a collective nerve in the racially charged contemporary, causing her to burst into the public consciousness. Filming exclusively with Dolezal, her sons, and her adoptive sister Esther, documentarian Laura Brownson delves into the motivations and personal life of this divisive and controversial figure; in doing so, she explores the troubled past that has informed Dolezal's confusing present and uncertain future. Executive produced by Academy Award®-winner Roger Ross Williams, The Rachel Divide is a fully realized portrait of a life more complex than any tabloid would lead its readers to believe. The film demands the question: Is Dolezal truly "trans-black," as ...
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The Rachel Divide (2018) Reviews
A Train Wreck Too Gruesome to More than Glance At
The concept interested me because I had heard much indirect explanation of this woman's claims of blackness but had never spent any time researching the real story. This documentary tells the real story, which I had heard in its entirety through all the second-hand reports: a white woman spent a large portion of her life pretending to be black, to the point of convincing herself that a choice to be so would make her actually so, and through her pretense actually rose to a position of social importance among civil rights groups. She does much complaining on camera about how much of a joke everyone treats her as, but even those who love her (friends and family) repeatedly iterate in veiled terms that it's all just an awkward ruse no one is benefiting from. I was especially interested in the story because of a (former) friend of mine from college who had pulled the same stunt, dressing like, acting like, and even going so far as claiming black heritage. The documentary showed me the same socially confused and insecure fraud as I had already seen in my one time friend. I can accept embracing a culture that isn't your own because its lifestyle and symbology appeal to your needs and tastes, and I personally find the entire concept of "cultural appropriation" to be an absurd hoax grounded in a fundamental misunderstanding of how culture works, but the idea of "bi-riacial" identity not only works as a laughably poor excuse for this woman's obvious black-faced life, but it belies the reality of why racism is scientifically, and more importantly morally, false.
This movie definitely tried to normalize her
First, people can dress and be whoever they want. However, they can't pretend to be something and force others to go along with it. There is a double standard with so many. Transgenders and others who suffer from gender dysphoria are celebrated, even get the woman of the year (Bruce Jenner, even though he is a man), but Rachel is shunned by everyone. The movie definitely was more than sympathetic to her and tried to normalize transracial. Not surprising from Netflix. The documentary was a bit disjointed. It took about 45 minutes to get some basic facts like she was brought up with several adopted black kids, that she was married to a black man, instead of her kids being adopted. To me, that wasn't and shouldn't have been a plot point or a reveal. It should have come in the beginning so you are not confused throughout. It took an hour to figure out one of her kids was adopted. You don't become another gender or race just because you feel like it. You can dress like it, but there are so many implications for identifying as another gender or race and not being honest with yourself and others about your true being is problematic. She even at one point tries to argue why we are obsessed with DIFFERENT races (saying just one human race), but then insist she is black (a different race). A total contradiction. People with race/gender identity issues should deal with them psychologically because that is what they are. If you can't find some way to live with who you are born as, find a way to live the way you want to be, but don't get to have others to accept you if they don't want to. You shouldn't be the victim of violence because of it, but if you choose to live a certain way, there will be consequences. It's part of life. The film presents the opposing views as an onslaught of intolerant positions. The most frustrating thing was that all the legitimate questions raised by callers, audience members, radio and tv hosts etc, were never answered. The movie was too long and was too repetitive. I learned there is a lot of shame that is the basis for dysphoria. I think most people at one point have questioned their own identity, but it is coming to terms of who you are that is freeing, not rejecting it. She is not a bad person. She means well. She is just not honest and she is delusional and it obviously affected others that didn't want to be a part of it. She is, however, an amazing painter. The lesson was you can't change your race because you "feel" like it, but somehow you are allowed to change your gender if you "feel" like it. A total double standard.
Very confused woman!
I had a hard time getting through this documentary. Usually I can find ways to find something likable about a main character but try as I might, I couldn't come up with any likability for this woman.She seems very cold and detached. I felt bad she had such a horrible childhood, which is why she identifies with being black, although I'm still unsure about that. I am not black, but if I were, I would resent her lies. She cannot know how a black person experiences discrimination or have a sense of an ancestry. As far as black being a social construct, I have never heard of anything so stupid. Just my opinion. I think she needs therapy to try to heal herself, instead of passing herself off as something she is not.
Identity disorder? You betcha
This is one for the DSM. I have a much better understanding of this woman after watching this documentary. Here's what I think happened: she had abusive white parents and loving adopted black siblings. She needed to dissociate from the parents and wanted badly to be a part of the only other family she had who just so happened to be black. Being white to her means being a helpless abused young girl. She even says that at the end! Had her siblings been Canadian, I think she'd be claiming Canadian heritage. She also clearly really loves the attention. I can't fully figure her out, but I do think some therapy could help her face her past trauma and potentially realize why what she is doing is wrong and harmful to the black community.
entertaining at best
What i saw was a hatchet job with very entertaining footage anyone can find on youtube twitter and social media. how was it even possible to play a movie like that? anyway noone ever gives the subject a chance to speak its mostly black women screaming at the top of their lungs not allowing her to speak for her self. i don't think it was a good film as it puts words in her mouth. and the little she did speak it was just enough to reel you in but there was no justice really done for her. i feel sorry for what her has had to go through with the media taking advantage of her. she also didn't get paid for this film yet it is a hot top and making the production lot of money while they are touring the world with this film seems highly unfair.