Do I Qualify For Love?

Overview

Shot on a cellphone, with a budget of $28, Do I Qualify for Love? is a short experimental documentary that tells the autobiographical story of Trans-Masculine, Black, Disabled, Nonbinary, award-winning filmmaker, Atlas O. Phoenix, as they revisit their past on the eve of an abusive night with their parents. Told in realtime, at age 17, and ending as a reflection from their POV at 50, Do I Qualify for Love? asks the existential question of a lifetime.