Fresh off its smash-success theatrical run, “Am I Racist?” will begin streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ starting October 28.
The film directed by Justin Folk features famed provocateur Matt Walsh going undercover in the world of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), hilariously skewering the absurdity of race hustlers. To date, the film has grossed more than $12 million at the box office after launching in theaters nationwide on September 13. “Am I Racist?” also debuted in the top five films in the country on its opening weekend and recently nabbed a milestone as the nation’s top-grossing documentary of the decade.
“Big news: the top documentary of the decade is coming to Daily Wire on October 28. Stream ‘Am I Racist,’ one of the most talked about movies of the year, only on DW+ on October 28,” Walsh wrote on X.
Big news: the top documentary of the decade is coming to Daily Wire on October 28. Stream “Am I Racist,” one of the most talked about movies of the year, only on DW+ on October 28. pic.twitter.com/RKvTBW2hXy
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) October 14, 2024
On top of its stellar financial performance, the media company’s first theatrical release for an in-house production has already made strides in poisoning the toxic plague of DEI with its unflinching exposure of so-called anti-racism “experts.” The day before the film opened, Robin DiAngelo (“White Fragility”) — recently accused of plagiarizing black authors — released a statement condemning the film; she has since removed said statement from her website and gone dark on social media, as have other activists from the film including Saira Rao (Race2Dinner) and Kate Slater.
Although “Am I Racist?” has been objectively successful at the box office and in the zeitgeist, the film was not received without controversy: mainstream critics largely ignored the film, likely for fear of having to acknowledge its success, despite it quickly attaining a “Verified Hot” status on Rotten Tomatoes with a 97% audience score at more than 2500+ verified reviews, and an A CinemaScore. The film also faced boycotts from independent theaters, with one locale dropping showings of the movie after a “strong reaction” from the community prompted “safety” concerns. Regardless of backlash, the film was heralded by Joe Rogan as “one of the best comedies I’ve seen in a long time,” with a Wall Street Journal opinion writer also boasting that “Mr. Walsh’s movie is performing a public service.”
Even some on the Left couldn’t help but praise “Am I Racist?”. Vinson Cunningham at The New Yorker called the film “something a red-pilled Sacha Baron Cohen might make.”
“The biggest coup of ‘Am I Racist?’ is the interview that Walsh scores with Robin DiAngelo,” Cunningham added.
Pamela McClintock of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Walsh’s new film “seemingly came out of nowhere … the top opening for a political documentary since Michael Moore’s Fahrenheit 9/11 two decades ago in 2004.”
“Am I Racist?” is a Digital Astronaut production of a Justin Folk film, and is Walsh and Folk’s second collaboration for The Daily Wire after their explosive 2022 documentary “What Is A Woman?”. “Am I Racist?” is produced by Kirby Williamson, Charlotte Roland, Brian Hoffman, Matt Walsh, and Justin Folk, who also directs. Sean Hampton and Benyam Capel serve as co-producers, with Dallas Sonnier, Jeremy Boreing, Caleb Robinson, and Ben Shapiro executive producing.
