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We Are Pat

Directed by Rowan Haber2025USA86 mins

Three decades ago, Saturday Night Live bravely dared to ask “Who’s he… Or she?” and turned gender nonconformity into a punchline with its recurring It’s Pat sketch. Created by and starring Julia Sweeney, the character’s ambiguous gender and the way they managed to turn everyone around them into a transvestigator was such a hit with TV audiences that there was even an It’s Pat movie ghostwritten by Quentin Tarantino and featuring a musical cameo from Ween. (It was the 90s…)

In Rowan Haber’s We Are Pat, a who’s-who of trans comics (including Girl God, James Tom, Roz Hernandez, and Nori Reed) are tasked with the ultimate challenge: creating a new Pat sketch in the year 2025. Beyond being hilariously funny, We Are Pat is also a deeply moving interrogation of the boneheadedly problematic (yet nonetheless meaningful) representation of our collective past.

Expected Guests

Rowan Haber
Director
Brontez Purnell
Participant

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Director
Rowan Haber
Year
2025
Country
USA
Running Time
86 mins
Language
English
Cast/Participants
Julia Sweeney, Rowan Haber, Brontez Purnell, Hayden Johnson, Nori Reed, Joey Soloway, JD Samson, Sabrina Wu, Karam Ahn, River Gallo, Jules Gill-Peterson, River Butcher, Kevin Nealon, Molly Kearney, Robin Tran, Grace Freud, April Clark, Pink Foxx, Janaya Future Khan, Jes Tom, Roz Hernandez, Ever Mainard, Linden Crawford, Abby McEnany, Murray Hill
Section
Documentary Features
Program Note Writer
Elizabeth Purchell