Usama Alshaibi Movies

  • 2006
    Eid Sacrifice

    Eid Sacrifice

    Eid Sacrifice

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    Traditional slaughter of an animal for Islamic holiday Eid.

    Eid Sacrifice
  • 2006
    Qawliya Dance

    Qawliya Dance

    Qawliya Dance

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    Experimental short about the Qawliya gypsies in Iraq.

    Qawliya Dance
  • 2007
    Signal Cross Over

    Signal Cross Over

    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...

    Signal Cross Over
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2001
    Slaughtered Pigtails

    Slaughtered Pigtails

    Slaughtered Pigtails

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

    Slaughtered Pigtails
  • 2008
    Gash

    Gash

    Gash

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    An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.

    Gash
  • 2004
    Self-Contained

    Self-Contained

    Self-Contained

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    A woman lying on a hardwood floor covered in plastic wrap.

    Self-Contained
  • 2008
    Looking at Clouds

    Looking at Clouds

    Looking at Clouds

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    Chicago, 2008.

    Looking at Clouds
  • 2008
    Patient

    Patient

    Patient

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    A bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.

    Patient
  • 2008
    My Second Painting

    My Second Painting

    My Second Painting

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    Chicago, May 2008

    My Second Painting
  • 1999
    Dance Habibi Dance

    Dance Habibi Dance

    Dance Habibi Dance

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

    Dance Habibi Dance
  • 2016
    The Evil and the Good Fairy

    The Evil and the Good Fairy

    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."

    The Evil and the Good Fairy
  • 2004
    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime

    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime

    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime

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    This video is compiled from several appropriated clips from VCD's(Video Compact Discs) that are sold in Baghdad.Iraqi-American filmmaker Usama...

    Bombshell: Iraqi Secret Videos and Artifacts from a Fallen Regime
  • 2007
    Baba Boom Boom

    Baba Boom Boom

    Baba Boom Boom

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    Alshaibi's father playing Iraqi folk music.

    Baba Boom Boom
  • 2010
    My Fourth Painting

    My Fourth Painting

    My Fourth Painting

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    Chicago 2010

    My Fourth Painting
  • 2000
    Muffin

    Muffin

    Muffin

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

    Muffin
  • 2009
    My Third Painting

    My Third Painting

    My Third Painting

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    Here’s the literal definition of “art cinema”: Usama Alshaibi’s short piece ‘My Third Painting,’ which plays like...

    My Third Painting
  • 2007
    Dream of Samarra

    Dream of Samarra

    Dream of Samarra

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    Super 8 video shot by Alshaibi's brother in Samarra.

    Dream of Samarra
  • 2008
    Spoiled

    Spoiled

    Spoiled

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    Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

    Spoiled