Usama Alshaibi Movies
- 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.
- 2023
The Apocalyptic Is the Mother of All Christian Theology
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A psychedelic portrait of the founding theorist of Christianity, Paul the Apostle. His life, ideology and influence are reconstructed by piecing...
- 2001
Ass
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Ass is a vivisection that attacks the optic nerves and creates a conflict within the body.
- 2006
Nice Bombs
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In Nice Bombs filmmaker Usama Alshaibi returns to Baghdad to reunite with his family after nearly 24 years. This documentary navigates through his...
- 2017
Filmmakers Unite (FU)
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- 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...
- 2011
Profane
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A young Muslim Dominatrix in the midst of a spiritual crisis.
- 2004
Convulsion Expulsion
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An adventure in pornographic surrealism.
- 2006
Qawliya Dance
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Experimental short about the Qawliya gypsies in Iraq.
- 2016
The Evil and the Good Fairy
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"This was made with my daughter Muneera. She wrote it and stars in it. Using black and white reversal super-8mm film."
- 2019
Anxiety Art
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A short experimental film about processing internal stress outwardly through the creative process.
- 2002
Soak
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Formally, an intriguing depiction of video as forward motion, or as technology of road movies and dreams. Alshaibi intercuts footage of a...
- 2009
My Mother Paused By My Father
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Experimental short made from a family recording.
- 2001
Slaughtered Pigtails
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A woman is chased across a field by an unseen assailant.
- 2007
Dream of Samarra
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Super 8 video shot by Alshaibi's brother in Samarra.
- 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...
- 2005
Traumata
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A short film by Usama Alshaibi
- 2003
The Amateurs
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What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?
- 2008
Spoiled
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Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.
- 2000
Crying
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Close-up of a woman crying.