New paintings, self-portraits, acrylic on canvas.

My latest feature film, This Has Already Happened, will premiere on February 27, at 7pm at East Window gallery in Boulder, Colorado! A fictional expression of a truthful event.
 During a pandemic and ongoing climate fires, a man in his home experiences a collapse of time and perception.

Our current government is the enemy of the people of the United States.

Every person deserves to live freely without the government harassing them. This fight will continue, it’s clear who the enemy is.

New paintings this new year. I was drawing and painting before I could read and write, it’s in my peripheral nervous system. It is partially skill and talent but mostly focusing on a quieter presence forming from the unseen.

The trees, rock, sun and moon, in Colorado at the end of 2025.

With my fairy wife love.

My wife is immune compromised and I wear a mask to protect her. People that wear masks are protecting others and themselves. We all have the right to wear a mask without it being vilified, and we also have the right to wear a mask for fun. #getoverit

I'm mostly on insta if you want to connect: www.instagram.com/djinnisin/

Now streaming on Internet Archive, my 2004 film: Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts From a Fallen Regime. This video is compiled from several appropriated clips from VCD’s (Video Compact Discs) that are sold in Baghdad. archive.org/details/bomb... #Iraq #IraqWar #SaddamHussein

If the present is badly wrapped, then it’s from me.

Support independent film! If you want to watch or own my films, consider purchasing them here. Profits go directly to me so I can keep making work. Thank you :) djinnisin.gumroad.com

Light is feeling. #nofilter

The original footage is from 8mm film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems. I was interested in how those moving images mutate and glitch into their own form. This transformation is like the memory, the pain and the history of trauma manifesting visually.

SOON by Usama Alshaibi "This film is about my experience as a child that survived war. footage from super 8 film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems." Showing on 22nd November at @CinemaMuseum Advance tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35670#/

We are everything and nothing.

Millions of true Americans are standing up to this racist authoritarian regime ruled over by a weak insecure orange man. We will succeed and history will remember this moment. Immigrants built this country, and racists are always trying to kill and harm us. No more.

I’m always on to my next cinematic project. In paper, in thoughts, scribbles and drafts, rough to refinement, the noise with glow, cicadas, tears, and forever.

Hello Colorado! I’m a filmmaker-artist and professor, originally from Baghdad , and come from Chicago and the Midwest. Let’s connect fellow weirdo creatives! #coloradofilm #coloradoartists

I believe in full human rights for every individual in the United States. I believe we should be free to love anyone we want to love and express our desires freely. I believe in freedom of speech & freedom of expression in all forms. I believe it is essential to fight tyranny & authoritarianism.

Today’s theme #relax

The time is now to do the right thing and break this immoral blockade. Israel is committing mass genocide and we need to come together and show our humanity and save the people of Gaza. We can have a better world, we are many and the time is now. Free Palestine.

“It is the mask, the shadow and the night stars that sing the sorrow song of death. The traveler is you and the voice you hear is your own. You might be dreaming, so don’t wake up until you arrive in Baghdad, Iowa. Baghdad, Iowa now streaming here: archive.org/details/bagh...

Fascism is quickly becoming the new normal in the United States.

The Shadow By Usama Alshaibi with Golbon Eghtedari The Shadow is about actor Golbon Eghtedari, who plays an insurgent character in the Clint Eastwood movie American Sniper. Golbon, who was born in Iran, discusses her conflicted feelings about her role and the film. archive.org/details/the-...

Dark days ahead. My whole life I’ve witnessed the United States government and media vilify Palestinians and allow and support massacres and starvation at the hands of Israel. But something has shifted in America. The propaganda machine is no longer working and people are seeing the truth.

The people of Gaza are being starved to death by Israel with the support of the United States. This is a war crime and a deliberate act. We need to stop this now! #FreePalestine

I’m a Colorado based filmmaker and artist looking to connect with other Colorado artists in film and media. I lived many years in Chicago and before that the Middle East. Hello! #colorado #film

The United States is not a country that I recognize anymore. We are all in danger.

Working on a new film. This is the Crestone, Ziggurat in Colorado created by Najeeb Halaby; but is it a ziggurat? Reminds me of the Samarra minaret. It connects us to heaven and earth.

@punctumbooks.bsky.social and i organized a reading fundraiser for Crips for ESims for Gaza. join us virtually on May 28th at 7:30p EST for readings by Ammiel Alcalay, Marta Cariello, Iain Chambers, Alexandra Juhasz, lauren samblanet, Léopold Lambert, & Jay Schaffner. form.typeform.com/to/djil009w

Hello friends.

With my habibtee.

I’m disturbed with what’s happening to the United States of America.

Accidental pic by blood machine nerves.

“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.” -George Orwell, 1984

Instant photo, spring daffodils at night.

This should frighten all of us. How is this ok? If our government doesn’t agree with our protest it can just illegally detain and arrest us? What country are we in? Dark days ahead. Fight this fascism!

The United States government just disappeared a lawful US resident because it didn't like his speech. You should care about this because it shouldn't happen to anyone, but you should also care because it could happen to you. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/09/n...

the fact that people are being disappeared in the name of ""preventing antisemitism"" by a christian nationalist administration is making me nauseated and horrified in ways i cant even begin to explain

Our mind is not always in our head.

We are fucked if we allow this clown show to continue. Every American that cares about our values needs to resist and speak up.

It’s true, I married a fairy and I’m forever grateful and in love.

Germain Dulac specialized in both surreal cinema and domestic comedies that centered the feelings of women and her witty, darkly humorous LA CIGARETTE (1919) is a prime example. Perfume mixing as a hobby... or poison?

Do not comply.

My first feature film. A hybrid of documentary, realism and trying to find connection in a dark world. “Formally, an intriguing depiction of video as forward motion, or as technology of road movies and dreams.” – Ray Pride, Newcity djinnisin.gumroad.com/l/soak?layou...

This month is a mixture of cold and warm blood running through my body.

Frozen in America.