Usama Alshaibi Movies
- 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...
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- 2008
Patient
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A bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.
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- 2006
Eid Sacrifice
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Traditional slaughter of an animal for Islamic holiday Eid.
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- 2008
Gash
Gash02008HD
An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.
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- 2001
Ass
Ass7.42001HD
Ass is a vivisection that attacks the optic nerves and creates a conflict within the body.
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- 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...
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- 2017
Filmmakers Unite (FU)
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- 1970
Boy from War
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Boy from War is an animated coming-of- age story of a young Arab American punk ricocheting between a war-torn Middle East and 1980s American Midwest....
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- 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."
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- 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....
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- 2010
My Fourth Painting
My Fourth Painting02010HD
Chicago 2010
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- 1998
The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper
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Zeek Sheck Rules The Cloud People (But Not For Long) - Speech Joe
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- 2009
My Mother Paused By My Father
My Mother Paused By My Father02009HD
Experimental short made from a family recording.
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- 2008
My Second Painting
My Second Painting02008HD
Chicago, May 2008
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- 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...
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- 2007
Signal Cross Over
Signal Cross Over02007HD
"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...
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- 2020
CINEMA-19
CINEMA-1902020HD
A collection of 190-second short films created in response to COVID-19, commissioned by filmmakers Usama Alshaibi and Adam Sekuler.
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- 2008
Looking at Clouds
Looking at Clouds02008HD
Chicago, 2008.
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- 2007
Dream of Samarra
Dream of Samarra02007HD
Super 8 video shot by Alshaibi's brother in Samarra.
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- 2007
Baba Boom Boom
Baba Boom Boom8.52007HD
Alshaibi's father playing Iraqi folk music.
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