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The Rachel Divide (2018)

The Rachel Divide poster
Directed by
Laura Brownson
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
16
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 54 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows Rachel Dolezal, a white woman who has lived as a black woman. It explores the fallout after her racial identity is publicly questioned.

controversialintrospectiveprobinguncomfortableemotionally complexconversationalnuanced

What happens

The Rachel Divide is a 2018 documentary about the controversial life of Rachel Dolezal, also known as Nkechi Diallo, an American woman of white parentage who identifies as black, and was forced to resign as president of the NAACP chapter in Spokane, Washington when her race and ancestry were exposed. The film was directed by Laura Brownson and distributed by Netflix, originally airing on April 27, 2018. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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