Usama Alshaibi Movies

  • 2016
    Baghdad, Iowa

    Baghdad, Iowa

    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...

    Baghdad, Iowa
  • 2005
    Traumata

    Traumata

    Traumata

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    A short film by Usama Alshaibi

    Traumata
  • 2023
    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology

    02023HD

    A psychedelic portrait of the founding theorist of Christianity, Paul the Apostle. His life, ideology and influence are reconstructed by piecing...

    The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
  • 2003
    Muhammad and Jane

    Muhammad and Jane

    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....

    Muhammad and Jane
  • 2003
    The Amateurs

    The Amateurs

    The Amateurs

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    What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

    The Amateurs
  • 2001
    Ass

    Ass

    Ass

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    Ass is a vivisection that attacks the optic nerves and creates a conflict within the body.

    Ass
  • 2011
    Profane

    Profane

    Profane

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    A young Muslim Dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis.

    Profane
  • 2013
    American Arab

    American Arab

    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...

    American Arab
  • 2017
    Filmmakers Unite (FU)

    Filmmakers Unite (FU)

    Filmmakers Unite (FU)

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    Filmmakers Unite (FU)
  • 2002
    Soak

    Soak

    Soak

    02002HD

    Formally, an intriguing depiction of video as forward motion, or as technology of road movies and dreams. Alshaibi intercuts footage of a...

    Soak
  • 2003
    Portrait

    Portrait

    Portrait

    02003HD

    Study of a schizophrenic girl in her own language.

    Portrait
  • 2008
    Organ Molly

    Organ Molly

    Organ Molly

    02008HD

    Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

    Organ Molly
  • 2026
    Trip Ziggurat

    Trip Ziggurat

    Trip Ziggurat

    02026HD

    A road trip to a Ziggurat in Colorado sparks connection between Arabs in the state. Filmmaker, Usama Alshaibi, embarks on a journey to the Crestone...

    Trip Ziggurat
  • 2008
    Patient

    Patient

    Patient

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    A bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.

    Patient
  • 2000
    Muffin

    Muffin

    Muffin

    02000HD

    An eerily stylized deconstruction of exploitation and violence in life and cinema.

    Muffin
  • 2001
    Slaughtered Pigtails

    Slaughtered Pigtails

    Slaughtered Pigtails

    22001HD

    A woman is chased across a field by an unseen assailant.

    Slaughtered Pigtails
  • 1999
    Dance Habibi Dance

    Dance Habibi Dance

    Dance Habibi Dance

    01999HD

    Mythological creatures parade and swim in an acid Greek mythos. A broadcast from beyond, with lurid flesh and Arabesque disco.

    Dance Habibi Dance
  • 2009
    My Mother Paused By My Father

    My Mother Paused By My Father

    My Mother Paused By My Father

    02009HD

    Experimental short made from a family recording.

    My Mother Paused By My Father
  • 2004
    Convulsion Expulsion

    Convulsion Expulsion

    Convulsion Expulsion

    22004HD

    An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

    Convulsion Expulsion
  • 2008
    Gash

    Gash

    Gash

    02008HD

    An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.

    Gash