WE ARE PAT is a tale of obsession, transness, and how art ages over time told through the thick spectacles of the 1990s cult character Pat from “Saturday Night Live."
WE ARE PAT explores the evolution of gender identity and comedy from the ‘90s to the present day through the lens of the iconic “Saturday Night Live” sketch, It’s Pat. The film examines Pat’s origins as a joke rooted in the cultural anxiety of the ‘90s around gender while drawing striking parallels to today’s culture wars around transness and queerness. Trans and non-binary comedians and culture-makers reimagine and rewrite the original Pat sketches, using camp and humor to reclaim and re-envision an iconic character in American comedy. The film explores humor as both a tool of oppression and a radical force for change. Beyond comedy, WE ARE PAT raises complex questions: How does art age? What responsibility does a creator have as cultural values evolve? Can we reclaim narratives that once mocked us, transforming pain into laughter, visibility, and ultimately, our own creations?
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A Museum and Crane Production
In Association with
Impact Partners, The Harnisch Foundation, The deNovo Iniative, InMaat Foundation and Institute
Executive Producers
Alan Cumming, Adrian Salpeter, Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch - The Harnisch Foundation, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Pierre Hauser, Rebecca Lichtenfeld, Chandra Jessee, Marci Wiseman, Daniel J. Chalfen, Dawn Bonder, J Winkelried, Eric Kuhn, Beth Levison, Shauna Schmunk, Lilly Wachowski, Lauren Greenfield and Frank Evers, Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz and Caroline Libresco
Co-Executive Producers
Kelsey Koenig, Eric Szmanda, Kirsten Vangsness, JanaLee Cherneski, Ashlin Hatch, Sam Paige
Co-Producers
Ryan Cunningham, Katherine Fisher, Leo DiSantis
Written by
Hannah Buck and Rowan Haber
Directors of Photography
Christine Ng and Mego Lin
Original music by
Erick del Aguila
Edited by
Hannah Buck and Alex Bohs
Produced by
Caryn Capotosto p.g.a. and Rowan Haber p.g.a
Directed by
Rowan Haber
Featuring:
Julia Sweeney
Kevin Nealon
Molly Kearney
Abby McEnany
Murray Hill
Nori Reed
Robin Tran
Sabrina Wu
Roz Hernandez
James Tom
Ally Beardsley
River Gallo
Riv Butcher
Grace Freud
April Clark
Ever Mainard
Hayden Johnson
Brontez Purnell
Jules Gill-Peterson
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