Andrew Rakich
Andrew Rakich (born December 10, 1991)Template:Cn is an American YouTuber, activist, and filmmaker known for creating and hosting the YouTube channel Atun-Shei Films, which specializes in producing videos about the history of the United States. Among his most popular works is the 10-part history series "Checkmate, Lincolnites!," in which he debunks common Lost Cause myths about the Confederacy that originated following the American Civil War.[1]
Rakich made his feature directorial debut in 2023 with the supernatural horror film The Sudbury Devil about a pair of puritan witch hunters investigating rumors of devil worship in 17th century New England;[2][3][4] the film was praised by Giallo Julian of Dread Central, who described it as "beautifully shot, well-performed, suitably eerie, and appropriately grotesque."[5] In 2025 Rakich announced he was in production on his sophomore feature, a docudrama entitled The Vampires of New Orleans.[6]
Rakich practices veganism and has canvassed for the animal rights group Pro-Animal Future.[7] His brother is Nathaniel Rakich, former senior editor at the political polling site FiveThirtyEight.
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- Living people
- 1991 births
- 21st-century American screenwriters
- American animal rights activists
- American horror film directors
- American male screenwriters
- Educational and science YouTubers
- Filmmakers from Massachusetts
- University of North Carolina School of the Arts alumni
- YouTube critics and reviewers
- YouTube filmmakers
- YouTubers from Louisiana
- YouTubers from Massachusetts
- 21st-century American male writers