Kisha Batista, Actress: She Hate Me. Filmed over five years in NYC, the featured "Aggressives" share their dreams, secrets and deepest fears. From the interesting standpoint- it kept moving. Often mistaken for men, these women range from pretty tomboys to the blatantly butch, boldly creating their own identities outside of society's established sexual categories. Please try again. A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression. Mala, Baltimore Jack, Miss Janet,... It was informative and directed to the minority’s of America’s society. The resulting documentary is the culmination of five years spent uncovering the "no apologies" lifestyle of six self-defined aggressives as they define their dreams, share their most intimate secrets and reveal their deepest fears. Filmed over five years in NYC, the featured "Aggressives" share their …

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Stripped of pretense, they lead us to fashion shoots and prison cells to reveal their work lives, love lives and social lives, including the underground "ball" scene where lesbians compete for lead "AG" status. At first view I saw the movie as, yea I'm going to see a bunch of manly looking women, a bunch of touch-me nots (possibly), but instead I see just women. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Directed by Daniel Peddle. As I do as well, which I think the only reason people mistake me for a man is that they take one look at my fade and assume, then they see my facial features and say I'm sorry. The model takes into account factors including the age of a rating, whether the ratings are from verified purchasers, and factors that establish reviewer trustworthiness. Through their experiences, the documentary explores gender, sexuality, and race.

This striking and illuminating documentary explores and exposes the secret subculture of New York lesbians living as "aggressives." The one highly overweight woman (her name escapes me) I kept looking at her trying to figure where anyone would "mistake" her for a man. Not ok. I then looked back on my own life, and realize I was just like them. It is about who you are and it was refreshing to see that they were proud of it all. With Marquise Balenciaga, Kisha Batista. (19) IMDb 6.5 1h 13min 2005 18+ This striking and illuminating documentary explores and exposes the secret subculture of New York lesbians living as "aggressives." From the entertaining standpoint, you were able to see what the Aggressives in this movie do, in order to prepare for a show and some of them really did pass the test regarding being able to appear 'masculine'. As a heterosexual woman that is open minded and interested in learning at least a little bit about everything I can, this dvd was interesting, entertaining, educational and eye opening. The weight of this burden juxtaposed against the exhilaration of loving the feminine female results in an apparent vulnerability that is captured well by D. Peddle, the director. AG's cross so many economic and sociological boundaries, that is hard to strike a balance.

Kisha Batista is an actress, known for She Hate Me (2004), Blackout (2007) and One Night Only (2009).

Well I finally bought it when I learned that it was on DVD.

It is worth viewing more than once It jumps from person to person, showing you little glimpses into their lives. The other women seemed quite sure of who they were, it was just a matter of mastering and conquering it. NOT VERY PLEASED. An insightful exposé on the subculture of lesbian butches and their "femme" counterparts who tow the line between gender definitions. To the outside world, it is hard to understand. This is a very honest, direct, non-exploitative view of young New York African-American lesbians of the "butch" or aggressive persuasion whose stories are revealingly poignant. Its just not happening, she has so many womanly facial features. In this Southern Gothic coming-of-age tale, an isolated and troubled young man, Moss, meets a mysterious and beautiful hiker on the banks of the river near his home on his eighteenth ...

As a feminine woman who loves AG's, this documentary shows that an AG is more than about the walk, the talk, and the clothes. Even within the gay community, AG's are hard to understand. One young woman, demonstrated that she was not sure really whom she was, and some of that is society's fault for constantly trying to put labels on people.

This documentary delves into the world of AG's (or Aggressive women).