Am I Queer Yet? Filmmaker Ecco Música Sparks Dialogue Within the Queer Community With Their New Doc

Black, Non-Binary and unapologetically telling their story, Ecco and the cast explore the many intricacies of navigating gender and race.

Austin, TX (PRUnderground) August 19th, 2026

By Daryl K. Jones

For filmmaker Ecco Música, storytelling has always been more than entertainment. It is a way to explore identity, challenge assumptions and create space for conversations that are often overlooked. Through Achroma Pictures, Música has turned that passion into filmmaking, producing Am I Queer Yet?: A Non-Binary Black Experience, a documentary centered on the experiences and perspectives of Black non-binary people in Austin, and across the U.S.

Música’s fascination with storytelling began in childhood. With interests spanning dance, music production, film and other creative arts, the filmmaker was drawn to world-building and the power of stories to connect people. Producing films, Música says, was something they knew they wanted to pursue from an early age.

The documentary’s title captures its central exploration. “Am I Queer Yet?” asks viewers and participants to consider what the word queer means, whether they identify with it and how that identity is personally understood. The subtitle, A Non-Binary Black Experience, places those questions within the intersection of gender and race. This is important because when people think of non-binary, most people think of the archetypical non-binary White person. Black non-binary people are usually underrepresented, or left out of the conversation completely.

For Música, being non-binary means not identifying exclusively as a man or a woman while also challenging the social and political constructs surrounding gender. But the experience of being Black and non-binary cannot be reduced to a single definition.

Música believes Black non-binary people remain significantly underrepresented on both the big and small screens. Too often, the public’s image of a non-binary person is shaped by stereotypes that do not reflect the diversity of the community.

The documentary features Rainn Daze and Rya West, whom Música discovered through contacts at Austin Public. Rather than entering the project with preconceived ideas about the participants, Música deliberately approached the interviews with an open mind.

“I wanted to have the same experience as everyone watching the documentary,” Música says, emphasizing the importance of discovering each person’s story as the audience does.

The film has already been screened three times; once at Vortex and twice at Once Over Coffee. It is now available on YouTube, giving audiences an opportunity to engage with its themes beyond the screening room.

At its heart, Música hopes the project encourages conversation not only within LGBTQIA+ communities, but also throughout Black communities and Austin as a whole.

One of the filmmaker’s most important messages is remarkably straightforward: non-binary people are people.

“They live and breathe just like everyone else,” Música emphasizes.

Música’s creative work also extends into Austin’s event scene. While some events are specifically designed for LGBTQIA+ audiences, many are inclusive gatherings or focus on bringing Black communities together.

Looking ahead, Música is continuing to explore socially and politically conscious storytelling. The next major project is a docuseries titled The Alienation of the Artist, which examines the challenges artists face, why they create and what ultimately drives them to make art.

If Am I Queer Yet?: A Non-Binary Black Experience is any indication, Música’s filmmaking is not simply about producing movies, it is about creating spaces where people can be seen, heard and understood.

For Música, the documentary can be summed up in three words: awareness, community and Blackness.

And the conversation is only beginning.

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