Documentary will focus on University of Alabama sorority recruitment, says Variety magazine

The University of Alabama's sorority recruitment week will be the subject of a documentary, according to Variety.

The entertainment magazine says the documentary is now in production in Tuscaloosa, produced by Vice Studios for HBO Max.

On Sunday, UA's sorority recruitment week wrapped up with 2,345 pledges receiving bids from 17 sororities during Bid Day.

“This film is a thoughtful and compassionate portrayal of young women in 2022 as they rush the sorority system at the University of Alabama,” director Rachel Fleit said in a statement via Vice, which was first provided to the New York Times for an Aug. 12 story.

The New York Times story said the documentary has been in the works at Vice since “Bama Rush” first became popular on the social media platform TikTok during the 2021 recruitment season.

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This year, rumors surfaced on TikTok about UA sorority candidates being caught with concealed recording devices as part of a documentary.

A representative for Vice Studios told the New York Times that “hidden microphones” were not involved in the production of the documentary.

Shane Dorrill, an assistant director of communications at UA, wrote in an email to the New York Times that the university is aware of reports about unauthorized recordings of students involved in sorority recruitment.

"The university has not authorized any third-party entity to film, record or document any recruitment activities, and does not allow media inside occupied buildings such as residence halls and sorority houses,” Dorrill said.

This article originally appeared on The Tuscaloosa News: University of Alabama sorority recruitment to be center of documentary