Sophia Al-Maria Movies

  • 2013
    Slaughter

    Slaughter

    Slaughter

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    Rushes of the 2012 Eid al-Adha slaughter shot for the climax of the abandoned feature film Beretta.

    Slaughter
  • 2021
    Tender Point Ruin

    Tender Point Ruin

    Tender Point Ruin

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    An exquisite corpse, the film extends the artist’s interests in the writings of Etel Adnan, the coming present and the personal as political.

    Tender Point Ruin
  • 2021
    Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light

    Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light

    Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light

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    My Blackest self, whose whitest death, is luxury. I am no stranger anymore. The world is love to me.

    Peculiar Contrast, Perfect Light
  • 1970
    Mirror Cookie

    Mirror Cookie

    Mirror Cookie

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    Al-Maria’s Mirror Cookie installation presents an intentionally disjointed monologue that references a self-help technique known as...

    Mirror Cookie
  • 1970
    Le Radeau de la Méduse

    Le Radeau de la Méduse

    Le Radeau de la Méduse

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    Le Radeau de la Méduse
  • 2018
    Not Really in Reality Reality TV

    Not Really in Reality Reality TV

    Not Really in Reality Reality TV

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    A surreal interview with Chinese-American actress Bai Ling, cast as a 'love goddess' and speaking on the subject of vengefulness.

    Not Really in Reality Reality TV
  • 2020
    Beast Type Song

    Beast Type Song

    Beast Type Song

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    Etel Adnan's poem 'The Arab Apocalypse' from 1989 describes a future world in a state of emergency. The poem is the suggestive science fiction...

    Beast Type Song
  • 2017
    Wayuu Creation Myth

    Wayuu Creation Myth

    Wayuu Creation Myth

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    A companion piece to The Magical State, Ziruma reveals the bloody Wayuu cosmogony.

    Wayuu Creation Myth
  • 2017
    Mothership

    Mothership

    Mothership

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    A baby bird moves in the sand, watched by a mysterious stranger,

    Mothership
  • 2017
    The Magical State

    The Magical State

    The Magical State

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    A Wayuu woman is possessed by a 40 million-year-old oil demon.

    The Magical State
  • 2022
    Tiger Strike Red

    Tiger Strike Red

    Tiger Strike Red

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    Remixing the collections of London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, Tiger Strike Red is an oneiric jaunt through an alternative art history that...

    Tiger Strike Red
  • 2016
    Black Friday

    Black Friday

    Black Friday

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    Black Friday presents a hypnotic rendering of two large shopping malls in Doha that become a sacred sanctuary where the two protagonists, the artist...

    Black Friday
  • 2016
    The Future Was Desert (Part II)

    The Future Was Desert (Part II)

    The Future Was Desert (Part II)

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    'Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free of time.' - J.G. Ballard

    The Future Was Desert (Part II)
  • 2014
    A Whale Is A Whale Is A Whale

    A Whale Is A Whale Is A Whale

    A Whale Is A Whale Is A Whale

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    A tribute to the disappearing Arabian humpback whale population, tracing its near extinction as a consequence of the high-speed development of the...

    A Whale Is A Whale Is A Whale
  • 2018
    D0vedown

    D0vedown

    D0vedown

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    Though only the recipient can fully decode this video love letter, it is general enough to be read as a universal love poem.

    D0vedown
  • 2017
    Fatima al Qadiri: Spiral ft. Bobo Secret

    Fatima al Qadiri: Spiral ft. Bobo Secret

    Fatima al Qadiri: Spiral ft. Bobo Secret

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    A belly dance-off mixing femme and masc in a sensual homage to the form.

    Fatima al Qadiri: Spiral ft. Bobo Secret
  • 1970
    The Future Was Desert

    The Future Was Desert

    The Future Was Desert

    01970HD

    ‘Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free of time.’ – J.G. Ballard

    The Future Was Desert