The Rachel Divide

  • 2018


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Negative reviews 5
Average Rating 3.1/5
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Filmmaker Laura Brownsons THE RACHEL DIVIDE takes an intimate look at Rachel Dolezal, deceiver, provocateur, and committed activist. Common Sense Media
1.5
Its both fascinating and infuriating, a brain bender of a film that pushes emotional buttons without much care for what happens afterwards. Indie Wire
2.0
Those key players add their own voices to the story, but its never enough to keep the documentary as objective as it should be. Indie Wire
4.0
The portrait it paints is sure to confound and infuriate in equal measure. Variety
3.0
The Rachel Divide is a fascinating and thought provoking film. But it is also a reminder that the larger conversation about race and identity always s .. The Guardian
3.5
Some people think its a hatchet job, others that it gives its subjects commitment to social justice too much credence. Vulture
5.0
The Rachel Divide: Film Review | Tribeca 2018 Three years after she became an infamous household name, activist Rachel Dolezal is the subject of an in .. The Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Ms. Brownson hasnt figured out how to construct a movie around a figure who essentially owes her fame to the obfuscation of her past. The New York Times
3.0
The bulk of the doc, though, is about Dolezals day to day life, as she raises her kids, promotes her memoir and seems strangely unaffected by the barb ..
3.8
Her art colorful, intensely personal paintings and sculptures is soulful, accomplished and vividly African and African American.If youve made up your .. Rogers Movie Nation
3.5
However, the film does shed light on the sea of outrage and humiliation this scandal has caused.Though The Rachel Divide couldnt exist without its sub .. Decider
3.5
Documentary filmmaker Laura Brownson has chosen to make a film about Rachel Dolezal, the former president of an NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington, .. The Wrap
3.5
It affected my brother.The more I talk to people about it, the more it drains me. Slate
3.5
But havent Dolezals own mistakes and single minded crusade done exactly that Observer
2.5
The Rachel Divide becomes a disturbing and enthralling drama of the American family, the pain of its truths and its fictions. New Yorker
4.0
But just as the viewing starts to get uncomfortable it perhaps wisely backs away.In the end, the film raises more questions than it answers: is this a .. Standard
1.5
But whats the documentarys expectation.For every person who empathizes with the subject, many more will be infuriated again because Dolezal is in the .. The Play List
1.0
When I wasnt bored by the doc, I was questioning its ethics.It gives a high degree of exposure to a minor who clearly states he doesnt want it. Now Toronto
3.5
Many people have argued that The Rachel DivideNetflixs new documentary about Rachel Dolezalshould never have been released.This point hasnt just been .. The Stranger
3.5
Its title is a bit too clever, but The Rachel Divide takes a largely serious, respectful and dignified approach toward a subject many would say is und .. Wsj
2.5
Still not sure what to watch on Netflix.Here are our guides for the absolute best movies on Netflix, must see Netflix original series and movies, and .. Daily Dot
3.5
While The Rachel Divide seems to paint a sympathetic portrait of Dolezal as a well meaning and possibly delusional woman, it doesnt sugarcoat that her .. Under The Radar Mag
3.8
But it is a film that raises serious questions about race in America and it gets some serious answers. Ap News
0.5
Brownsons documentary strongly suggests everyone is seeing the same thing in this sad ink blot except Dolezal herself. World Wng
3.5
The movie wants you to know that it knows whats going on, but instead of feeling annoying or overly manipulative, the conceit works just like a Cher c .. Spokane7



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