Usama Alshaibi Movies

A short film by Usama Alshaibi

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...

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

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

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

What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

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

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

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....

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama Alshaibi shares his own story of experiencing racism in post-9/11 America. Showcasing the diversity of Arabs living in...

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

Study of a schizophrenic girl in her own language.

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

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...

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

"Hold My Scissors from Chicago's most prolific underground filmmaker, Usama Alshaibi, combines images of blood, cannibalism, witches, and demons,...

A bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.

A devotion to beauty, aching and isolation.