WE ARE PAT Comes Home to Stream on Peacock

Coming off a wildly successful theatrical release which included an Academy Award-qualifying run at DCTV in New York and a sold-out LA premiere at Vidiots, Tribeca Films recently launched We Are Pat on all digital platforms, perfectly timed to nationwide Pride celebrations. The film will be available widely on streaming giant Peacock on August 20th, 2026.

As hilarious as it is endearing, We Are Pat explores Julia Sweeney’s iconic (and controversial) 90’s SNL character, “Pat.” Created by Julia Sweeney in the 90s, “Pat” became a phenomenon on SNL before facing cultural backlash as conversations around transness and non-binary identity politics evolved. What starts as a pop culture excavation becomes something deeper: a reflection on gender identity, the elasticity of comedy, the ethics of authorship, and what happens when a joke outlives the era it was born in.

We Are Pat brings together a who’s-who of trans and gender non-conforming comics and cultural commentators tasked with the ultimate challenge - to reconsider and re-write “Pat" through a modern, more inclusive lens. The film also features interviews with Julia Sweeney, Kevin Nealon, Molly Kearney, Abby McEnany, Murray Hill, Nori Reed, Robin Tran, Sabrina Wu, Roz Hernandez, James Tom, Ally Beardsley, JD Samson, River Gallo, Riv Butcher, Grace Freud, April Clark, Ever Mainard, Hayden Johnson, Brontez Purnell, and Jules Gill-Peterson.

The team behind We Are Pat  includes standout talent from the documentary world and legendary queer artists behind the camera: Directed by Sundance Fellow, Tribeca & Webby Award winner Rowan Haber; Produced by Emmy winner Caryn Capotosto and Rowan Haber; Executive Producers include Emmy winner & NY Times Bestselling Author Alan Cumming, Tony Award-winning theatre and film producer Adrian Salpeter, Bill & Ruth Ann Harnisch - The Harnisch Foundation, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous,  J Winkelried, Pierre Hauser, Rebecca Lichtenfeld, Chandra Jessee, Marci Wiseman, Daniel J. Chalfen, Dawn Bonder, Eric Kuhn, Beth Levison, Shauna Schmunk, Lilly Wachowski, Lauren Greenfield, and Frank Evers, Stuart Ford, Lourdes Diaz, Caroline Libresco and Meadow Fund; Co-Executive Producers Kelsey Koenig, Eric Szmanda,  Kirsten Vangsness,  JanaLee Cherneski,  Ashlin Hatch, Sam Paige; Co-Producers Ryan Cunningham, Katherine Fisher and Leo DiSantis; Written by Hannah Buck and Rowan Haber; Directors of Photography are Christine Ng and Mego Lin; Original music by Erick del Aguila; and the film was edited by Hannah Buck and Alex Bohs.

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