The Aggressives
The Aggressives

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This pioneering documentary filmed in NYC from 1997-2004 follows a group of "Aggressives," or "AG's" - masculine presenting and/or identifying - queer people of color who were assigned female at birth. It explores their dreams, secrets and deepest fears as well as their social spaces like the "ballroom" and club scene. Ultimately the film focuses on the humanity of the subjects while attempting to unravel evolving terms around gender definition.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Aggressives:

Marquise Vilson
Chin Tsui
Octavio Sanders
Kisha Batista
Trevon Haynes

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This pioneering documentary filmed in NYC from 1997-2004 follows a group of "Aggressives," or "AG's" - masculine presenting and/or identifying - queer people of color who were assigned female at birth. It explores their dreams, secrets and deepest fears as well as their social spaces like the "ballroom" and club scene. Ultimately the film focuses on the humanity of the subjects while attempting to unravel evolving terms around gender definition.

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New York Daily News - 8/10 by Elizabeth WeitzmanThe charismatic young women who populate Daniel Peddle's illuminating documentary are vibrant proof that there's still an untold story waiting around every New York City corner.
TV Guide Magazine - 8/10 by Ken FoxPeddle captures a vital and increasingly visible community that's easily misunderstood, and his film will undoubtedly help novices further understand the complex differences separating gays, transsexuals and the transgendered.
Variety - 7/10 by Ronnie ScheibDocumaker Daniel Peddle also works as a casting director, and so it is small wonder his crisp, concise, intimate portrait of six very different, self-styled "aggressives" -- women who stress their masculine sides -- should reveal in each a curious integrity and beauty.
The New York Times - 7/10 by Janet MaslinIn the film's briskly paced 72 minutes, any open-minded viewer will discover something about identity and about the comfort these women have obviously found in learning to be their unusual, unfettered selves.
Film Threat - 6/10 by Merle BertrandWhat might just be this film's greatest strength is how it shows that no matter how "different" we might appear to be on the outside, what's on the inside is what provides our common bonds.
Village Voice - 6/10 by Melissa AndersonThankfully, Peddle's film is much more illuminating than a grad school seminar.
New York Post - 4/10 by Kyle SmithThe Aggressives has plenty of character but no story; it would have done better to structure itself around a competition it briefly visits in which lesbians, in costume, compete to win prizes for looking masculine. That way the film would have had a direction.
User Review - 9/10 by JillianThis movie was an amazing look at unique individuals that are too often misunderstood. very moving.

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