There’s a lot about the whole sorority phenomenon that could never fit within the narrow rectangle of a cellphone app. So Bama Rush widens the frame.

What it reveals is an exclusionary environment that views beauty, wealth, privilege, and conformity as the highest of ideals—and which seems, in some cases, to exacerbate the very problems these young women believe it will solve.

I’m not sure that I would call Bama Rush a great documentary, but it is an unwelcome reminder of how superficially brutal Greek life can be.

You might come to Bama Rush looking for a scandalous exposé of Greek life, but the profound insight these young women bring to the film turns it into something much more compelling.