As her background was further investigated, her secret was revealed: Dolezal was born white, with blonde hair and blue eyes, not black as she claimed.

President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) chapter in Spokane, Washington from February 7, 2014 until June 15, 2015 when she resigned, Dolezal left amid suspicion she had lied about hate crimes that had been committed against her.

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] Consequently, Dolezal was dismissed from her position as an instructor in Africana studies at Eastern Washington University and removed by the Spokane city council as chair of the police ombudsman commission over "a pattern of misconduct.

[10] The documentary explores what led up to Dolezal's fall from being a respected university instructor and activist, the circumstances surrounding it, and the aftermath of the scandal.

Rachel Dolezal claims in on-camera interviews that her parents neglected to educate their adopted children about their racial heritage and this is what led her to researching black history and doing so in their stead.

Vogue Magazine gave the filmmaker credit for "balanced treatment of her deeply problematic subject matter"[15] while The New Yorker noted the film's value is in its portrait of family dynamics.