phoebe martin I didn't get into the scandal while it was happening, and I thought this would be interesting to watch. The longer I watched, the more I understood that this is a very confused person that is desperately seeking to find a place a fit in. I think she went about it all wrong and I still think she has some mental issues. The way she compares racial identity to sexual identity or gender identity is just not right. Sexual or gender identity is something you are born with, she decided to CHOOSE to identify as black. She claims she "feels" black, but what does that even mean? I think she needs a lot of therapy and to understand that what she did was not ok and it is still not ok. I felt very sorry for her sons because they obviously did not want to be a part of all this. I think she is an attention seeker and desperate to play a victim. The documentary was well done - filmed well and put together well.

fatimah-52797 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.

nginocchio This is well done. Very objective and fair to all parities involved. My personal view re: Rachel? I don't follow news very much so this was all very new to me. I knew about her but didn't know details of her story and lies before the documentary. I did know there was a "white" woman that was saying that she was "black." Now, I'm Cuban. I'm used to this. I've seen this before. Many white woman I grew up with that were white and blond liked all things black, not only men but culture, food, the way they talked etc and really identified themselves with black people. Not a big deal to me. One thing I can say, I have noticed all my life that African America tend to discriminate among themselves. Even if they they are half or light skin which happens to a lot of Latinos that are black latinos. What is the big deal? Jenner can be a woman, Michael Jackson can change his skin, Beyonce can be blond but this regular woman can't be black?

Shaun V. I'm from Belgium, so I never really experienced the scandal as Americans did. I can vaguely remember that it even made the newspapers here. I must have read this article years ago. When I opened Netflix I recognized Rachel. So I started watching.This documentary was actually better than I thought it would be. The main focus is clearly on Rachel herself, and how this scandal affects her children, family and in general her whole social life. From the beginning you get the straight feeling that this story is not an easy one to tell. There is no black and white (get it!? ;-) ), with a big lie in between. This is obviously a woman who has been struggling with her identity for many years. You do start to feel she cannot be categorized as a liar. That would just be to simple. I think Rachel does believe that she never really lied. Perhaps she was just really creative with the "truth", so she could continue being the person she loved the most. But when you ignore a certain part of you, it will come back to bite you. That's exactly what happened. Towards the end you do feel Rachel is pushing it. Her family is clearly crumbling, and trying to get away from her. I got the feeling she did see this happening, but just couldn't help herself. Her son was actually quite spot on: "You can't tell my mom what to do". Clearly frustrated. This kid just wishing for life getting back to normal. She's like a dog being hit with a stick and coming back for more. All this for acceptance she will never get.Being an European I do watch at identity a bit different then most Americans do. And I do feel this woman was born a few decades to early. Whether you like it or not, we've gone from a world to a little village in a few decades. Soon there will be no more "race". So identifying yourself with a certain culture will be a social choice. In that way I think the black community, understandably very hurt about the struggle they already had, made a big mistake here. Instead of demonizing this woman, they could have joined this idea. Making acceptance a universal thing. Not just related to the way you look and your skin color. Isn't this what they have been fighting for? Not being judged on the way you look, but who you are? Equal opportunities? Doesn't that go for a person, who is white but feels black? Or maybe it is just all very black and white. Who am I to say!?