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 SNL. The film is a hybrid documentary exploring the evolution of gender identity and comedy from the 90s to now through the lens of the iconic SNL sketch, It’s Pat. The film examines Pat’s origins as a joke rooted in 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?
Directed by Rowan HaberA Museum and Crane ProductionIn Association with Impact Partners, The Harnisch Foundation, The deNovo Iniative, InMaat Foundation and InstituteExecutive Producers Alan Cumming, Adrian Salpeter, Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch - The HarnischFoundation, 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 LibrescoCo-Executive Producers: Kelsey Koenig, Eric Szmanda, Kirsten Vangsness, JanaLee Cherneski, Ashlin Hatch, Sam PaigeCo-Producers: Ryan Cunningham, Katherine Fisher, Leo DiSantisWritten by Hannah Buck and Rowan HaberDirectors of Photography Christine Ng and Mego LinOriginal music by Erick del Aguila,
Edited by Hannah Buck and Alex BohsProduced by Caryn Capotosto p.g.a. and Rowan Haber p.g.a