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Malik Ever's This Could Be the Place? Is a hybrid fiction documentary presented in Black Box and curated by The Black Box Committee.

This Could Be the Place? Is a hybrid fiction documentary and proudly the very first film that I ever made. It’s heavy on the DIY, heavy on collaboration and heavy on transness. Combining a narrative fictional story with real life interviews of trans people about their experiences with housing security. I made this short for $2 to see if I could in fact make a film and it turns out that I could! I’ve made more films since then but the freedom of creativity, and “not sure what I’m doing but we’ll figure it out” from this film has stuck with me over the years.

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Malik Ever (they/them) is a Los Angeles based trans/nonbinary queer and first generation Algerian American filmmaker. Originating in the theatre “A heart-wrenching and hilarious physical theatre performer and writer.” (Phindie) Malik’s theatrical work has been seen across the U.S. at multiple festivals.

In 2018, Mal made the transition to film with their first short, This Could Be the Place (Scribe Philly) Collaboration is the touchstone of their work which centers the voices and bodies of trans, queer, disabled and BIPOC people. Mal explores themes of friendship, family (bio or chosen) and outsiderness through whimsy, comedic grief, absurdity, and truth.