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 colour assigned female at birth. The now iconic Kisha, Trevon, Octavio and Chin are back, sharing an array of their triumphs and challenges. 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.

Screening as part of GAZE PRESENTS: UNMASCED – A Celebration of Lesbian and Trans-Masc Visibility in Cinema in partnership with the Irish Film Institute. Full programme available here.