Bent Lenses: next film screens Friday - 22 September 2006
'The Aggressives'
(2004) USA, 75mins, Director: Daniel Peddle
A compelling documentary that grants access to an otherwise inaccessible and, as yet, uncommodified subculture of NYC's working class African-American 'Aggressives'. These lesbian identified women slip between the cracks of drag king, butch and transgender to create something else entirely. The director Daniel Peddle is a white man and fashion industry casting director specialising in 'real people'. He follows the lives of these 'studs and players' over a period of five years, documenting what is important to them: relationships, sex, work, play, family and survival. The variety of gender expressions is impressive. From the meltingly handsome army recruit, Marquise, who considers taking hormones against his girlfriend's wishes, to Kisha, catwalk model and courier who describes 'being Aggressive' as 'basically being about who wears the pants. I'm aggressive. I'm femme aggressive. I'm a beautiful aggressive woman.'
Tickets on sale from 7pm
Film starts at 7.30pm
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