They were the perfect loving couple, well, almost. Emmanuel wanted a child but Philippe didn’t. One day, however, Emmanuel decides to take the plunge, at the risk of losing Philippe. But how do you make a child when you are gay?

Local first-time filmmaker Sarav Chitambaram’s It’s My Life is a personal documentary exploring what it means to be South Asian and queer in the U.S. Through onscreen interviews, the filmmaker creates a first-of-its-kind dialogue between gay and straight South Asian communities in Massachusetts, bringing to light many of the issues faced by queer South Asians as a minority within a minority