Beyond the Aggressives: 25 Years Later

Released Nov 17, 2023

1 hr. 20 min.

LGBTQ+

Documentary

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Filmmaker Daniel Peddle looks at how much the language, culture and visibility of the trans community has evolved during the last 25 years.

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The AGGRESSIVES

It was a very enlightening experience

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/22/23

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Eli J

A deeply moving and deeply intimate portrait of its stars as well as the community at large. BTA also touches on broader topics like the immigration and housing crises, even if indirectly. There’s so much heart and life in the sincerity of the production, I’d recommend it to anyone!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Gene K

A wonderful and heart warming sequel to mind-opening and mind-blowing original. I did not expect to be as moved as I was. Endearing characters, overcoming struggles, learning to be happy. You can't help but root for these people. I hope we can revisit them in a few years. Just excellent.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/29/24

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Craig S

A beautiful and heart-wrenching follow up to the original Aggressives. Seeing how each of their stories progressed gives an even greater context to the struggles and hardships they've overcome makes the impact even greater and their legacy cemented.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Charles A

The Best “Part 2” to a documentary! You really get a great sense of where they are today! Excellent!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Drew D

Amazing sequel to the first movie, so interesting to see the characters now and see what has happened in their lives since first being featured

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/24

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Devin-Norelle

Autostraddle

When it comes to positively amplifying our visibility, Beyond the Aggressives is just on time.

Dec 7, 2023

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Ryan Lattanzio

indieWire

A heartfelt and hopeful portrait of four of the original AGs that feels more complete and finds each of them on steadier footing -- eventually.

Rated: B+

Nov 18, 2023

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Teo Bugbee

New York Times

In each of these updates, Peddle hews close to his original film’s style: he asks his subjects to define themselves and then he keeps watching, letting their actions color in the lines of their self-definition.

Nov 17, 2023

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Avi Offer

NYC Movie Guru

A heartfelt, intimate and engrossing documentary.

Nov 17, 2023

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Sarah Boslaugh

TheArtsStl

[Beyond the Aggressives is] a document to the fact that the world is a place of infinite variety, and trying to force reality into a small number of categories will always end in failure.

Rated: 7/10

Nov 16, 2023

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Daniel Peddle looks at how much the language, culture and visibility of the trans community has evolved during the last 25 years.

Director: Daniel Peddle
Executive Producer: Nina L. Diaz, Liza Burnett Fefferman, Robert A. Maylor, Tiq Milan
Distributor: Showtime Documentary Films
Production Co: MTV Documentary Films
Genre: LGBTQ+, Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 17, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 30, 2024

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