Two free screenings of Usama Alshaibi’s documentary on Iraq will be held at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. Friday at the Portage Theater, 4050 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago. A naturalized American citizen from Iraq, Alshaibi shoots and narrates this video diary about his return to his native land in 2004 and finds it to be a place of bad bombs (by suicide bombers) and “nice bombs,” what his cousin calls American weapons designed to take out insurgents. “Nice Bombs” comes out on video Oct. 27. (Read more…)
Go to nicebombs.com for details.
Cost: Free
Friday, October 16 at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago