Rachel Scott on video

I found this rare video of Rachel Scott what seems to be at a friend's house:

Sad. They just seem like very normal kids. Thank you for posting this.

Really punches you in the gut

They didn't show this Rachel in "I'm Not Ashamed" at all...

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Sad. They just seem like very normal kids. Thank you for posting this.

They are very normal kids.

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They didn't show this Rachel in "I'm Not Ashamed" at all...

The carefully crafted public image of Rachel from the immediate aftermath of her death until present day is of a person that never existed.

I loathe false narratives in general but the revisionist history that is allowed to ferment in the environment of such narratives is infuriating. It morphs reality into something verging on fiction. Real events do not deserve such treatment regardless of the reason.

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Really punches you in the gut

They didn't show this Rachel in "I'm Not Ashamed" at all...

I'm no big fan of INA but to be fair I don't really think it was an honest to God hagiography. (I did not bother to read "She Said Yes" or whatever the book about Rachel was called.)

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I did not bother to read "She Said Yes" or whatever the book about Rachel was called.

Actually I think that book was about Cassie.

Berdana!

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I did not bother to read "She Said Yes" or whatever the book about Rachel was called.

Actually I think that book was about Cassie.

SSY is about Cassie but there was one about Rachel too right?

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I did not bother to read "She Said Yes" or whatever the book about Rachel was called.

Actually I think that book was about Cassie.

SSY is about Cassie but there was one about Rachel too right?

Yes, it was called Rachel's Tears. I've read it.

It's so strange to see how they portrayed her in IMA compared to the little video footage we have of Rachel in real life. It's a shame that they couldn't show more aspects to her life, rather than the just the part religion played in her life (the portrayal of this was suffocating and wildly exaggerated), which is a shame as I believe the film could have been amazing otherwise. I wonder what Rachel would make of the film if she could see it, although as we know if she could see it then there would be no film as she'd still be alive.

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It's so strange to see how they portrayed her in IMA compared to the little video footage we have of Rachel in real life. It's a shame that they couldn't show more aspects to her life, rather than the just the part religion played in her life (the portrayal of this was suffocating and wildly exaggerated), which is a shame as I believe the film could have been amazing otherwise. I wonder what Rachel would make of the film if she could see it, although as we know if she could see it then there would be no film as she'd still be alive.

Would be interesting to see a columbine film with really accurate portrayals of what they really were like. Like sometimes Eric had a soft side and maybe Cassie was a bitch to someone. But they are all human beings

When honestly almost all of Rachel’s friends boycotted the movie you know somethings up

Devon and brooks have been pretty vocal since Rachel’s funeral that her parents Did not know the real her

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Devon and brooks have been pretty vocal since Rachel’s funeral that her parents Did not know the real her

Reminds me of what Mark Bodiford (or Pettit) said when he gave Rachel's mother the journals. Didn't he say something about her getting to know her real daughter from the journals? I thought that was an interesting statement.

The video in this thread, along with many of the photos out there, certainly make her out to be a lot goofier than the portrayal in INA. I've seen comments from people who knew her where she's described as a bubbly comedian, which makes the darker entries in her journals seem more jarring. Then again, a lot of comedians seem prone to depression.

Would have turned 37 today, thoughts with the family

Happy Birthday Rachel. Let’s do something super kind for someone today

Happy birthday, Rachel.