Filmed over five years in New York City, the featured subjects share their dreams, secrets, and deepest fears.
[3] The aggressives are young, queer, masculine presenting and identifying people of color living in New York City, including: Marquise, Rjai, Tiffany, Flo, Octavia, and Kisha.
The subjects' experiences reflect the challenges of marginalized existence as queer people of color: including jail time, hysterectomies, children, military service, prison sex, construction work, competing in “balls" within the LGBTQIA+ community, and achieving success despite disapproval by their families and society at large.
Karman Kregloe from the website OUTspoken praised the director for providing a platform for the women to define themselves and share the ways in which they "face marginalization with humor, bravado and courage".
[2] According to Ciara Healy, the documentary does not make clear the distinction between the label "aggressive" versus "butch", especially how race is significant in regards to either, leaving its audience wondering what is the difference.