Usama Alshaibi Movies
- 2019
Anxiety Art
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A short experimental film about processing internal stress outwardly through the creative process.
- 2020
CINEMA-19
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A collection of 190-second short films created in response to COVID-19, commissioned by filmmakers Usama Alshaibi and Adam Sekuler.
- 2011
Profane
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A young Muslim Dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis.
- 2023
The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology02023HD
A psychedelic portrait of the founding theorist of Christianity, Paul the Apostle. His life, ideology and influence are reconstructed by piecing...
- 2004
Convulsion Expulsion
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An adventure in pornographic surrealism.
- 2001
Ass
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Ass is a vivisection that attacks the optic nerves and creates a conflict within the body.
- 2017
Filmmakers Unite (FU)
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- 2001
Slaughtered Pigtails
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A woman is chased across a field by an unseen assailant.
- 2016
Baghdad, Iowa
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Baghdad, Iowa is the mask, the shadow and the night stars that sing the sorrow song of death. You might be dreaming, so don't wake up until you...
- 2016
The Evil and the Good Fairy
The Evil and the Good Fairy02016HD
"This was made with my daughter Muneera. She wrote it and stars in it. Using black and white reversal super-8mm film."
- 2013
American Arab
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Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in...
- 2003
Allahu Akbar
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Rhythm and repetition plays an important role in the animated film Allahu Akbar by Usama Alshaibi. With this film, Alshaibi questions the...
- 2003
Muhammad and Jane
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Muhammad Zeromski, raised in Iraq and Poland, returns to the U.S. after being away for almost a year. The climate he enters is ominous and confused....
- 2009
My Mother Paused By My Father
My Mother Paused By My Father02009HD
Experimental short made from a family recording.
- 2020
The Desire
The Desire02020HD
A devotion to beauty, aching and isolation.
- 2008
Organ Molly
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Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.
- 2004
Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime
Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime02004HD
This video is compiled from several appropriated clips from VCD's(Video Compact Discs) that are sold in Baghdad.Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama...
- 2007
Signal Cross Over
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"Signal Cross Over is about assisted love suicide and the noisy transition into the afterlife. He is dead and, with his guidance, she will join him...
- 2007
Baba Boom Boom
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Alshaibi's father playing Iraqi folk music.
- 2004
Self-Contained
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A woman lying on a hardwood floor covered in plastic wrap.