Immersive and sensorial, BEYOND THE AGGRESSIVES: 25 YEARS LATER revisits four of the original subjects from Daniel Peddle’s groundbreaking 2005 film THE AGGRESSIVES – a seminal documentary centering masculine-presenting people of color assigned female at birth. The now iconic Kisha, Trevon, Octavio and Chin are back, sharing an array of their triumphs and challenges, including: pursuing dreams in the arts, surviving the experience of being held in ICE detention, reuniting with estranged children, deciding whether to start families of their own, and seeking gender-affirming healthcare. Through the voices of today’s queer BIPOC, who felt represented and inspired by THE AGGRESSIVES, the new film also delves into how much the language, culture and visibility of the transgender, nonbinary and gender-nonconforming community has evolved, and grapples with the many complexities of gender identity, expectations and expression. All combined, these intimate stories and diverse testimonials reveal compelling insights into the queer experience and paint a deeply moving portrait of four trailblazing heroes.

Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando” tells the story of a young man who grows up to become a 36-year-old woman. Almost a century after its publication, Paul B. Preciado speaks to Virginia Woolf to tell her that her fictional character has become a reality. The transition of Orlando’s body now lies at the root of all non-binary bodies and there are Orlandos all over the world. Through the authentic voices of other young bodies undergoing metamorphosis, Preciado retraces the stages of his personal transformation through a poetic journey in which life, writing, theory and image merge freely in the search for truth. Every Orlando, he says, is a transgender person who is risking his, her or their life on a daily basis as they find themselves forced to confront government laws, history and psychiatry, as well as traditional notions of the family and the power of multinational pharmaceutical companies. But if “male” and “female” are ultimately political and social fictions, Orlando, ma biographie politiqueshows us that change is no longer just about gender, but also about poetry, love and skin colour.

What do Emily in Paris, Sex and the City, The Devil Wears Prada and Ugly Betty all have in common? The designer, trendsetter, retailer, ultimate insider (who may really just be an outsider)… Patricia Field. Field is the genius behind these beloved series and the "looks” that countless others call their own. Finally she emerges in front of the camera in this feel-good documentary by award-winning director Michael Selditch, taking you behind the scenes of some of the silver screen’s most iconic moments and providing a fly-on-the-wall glimpse into Field’s unique process. While the film delivers as a guilty pleasure, it is so much more: You will cheer as you learn who Pat is and come to understand just why she has been so integral to so many leading lights like, Keith Haring, Lily Collins, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sarah Jessica Parker, Debbie Harry, Meryl Streep, Kim Cattrall, Anne Hathaway, Laverne Cox, RuPaul, Vanessa Williams, Michael Urie and dozens of other legends of art, music, movies, nightlife, and to YOU as well, even if you didn't know it.