 Kọ itẹsiwaju fun paragirafi yii - Ni ọdun 2007, Alvi ṣe itọsọna ati iṣelọpọ alakoso Heavy Metal in Baghdad fun VICE Films, ninu eyiti o rin irin-ajo lọ si Iraq ati tẹle ẹgbẹ ẹgbẹ irin-ajo irin-ajo Acrassicauda lakoko isubu ti Saddam Hussein larin Ogun Iraq, ti o bẹrẹ ni ọdun 2003 lẹhin ikọlu Amẹrika ti o jẹ olori Iraq. Fìmù náà jẹ àyànfẹ osise ní 2007 Toronto International Film Festival àti 2008 Berlin International Film Festival : , ati pe a pe ni Akọsilẹ ti o dara julọ ni Ayẹyẹ Fiimu Warsaw 2008. 