Usama Alshaibi Movies

  • 2003
    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

    32003HD

    Rhythm and repetition plays an important role in the animated film Allahu Akbar by Usama Alshaibi. With this film, Alshaibi questions the...

    Allahu Akbar
  • 2003
    Portrait

    Portrait

    Portrait

    02003HD

    Study of a schizophrenic girl in her own language.

    Portrait
  • 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
  • 2008
    Runaway

    Runaway

    Runaway

    02008HD

    Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

    Runaway
  • 2004
    Self-Contained

    Self-Contained

    Self-Contained

    02004HD

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

    Self-Contained
  • 2008
    Looking at Clouds

    Looking at Clouds

    Looking at Clouds

    02008HD

    Chicago, 2008.

    Looking at Clouds
  • 2001
    Ass

    Ass

    Ass

    7.42001HD

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

    Ass
  • 2001
    Slaughtered Pigtails

    Slaughtered Pigtails

    Slaughtered Pigtails

    22001HD

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

    Slaughtered Pigtails
  • 2016
    The Evil and the Good Fairy

    The Evil and the Good Fairy

    The Evil and the Good Fairy

    02016HD

    "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
  • 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
  • 2003
    Muhammad and Jane

    Muhammad and Jane

    Muhammad and Jane

    02003HD

    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
  • 2010
    My Fourth Painting

    My Fourth Painting

    My Fourth Painting

    02010HD

    Chicago 2010

    My Fourth Painting
  • 2020
    CINEMA-19

    CINEMA-19

    CINEMA-19

    02020HD

    A collection of 190-second short films created in response to COVID-19, commissioned by filmmakers Usama Alshaibi and Adam Sekuler.

    CINEMA-19
  • 2004
    Hold My Scissors

    Hold My Scissors

    Hold My Scissors

    02004HD

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

    Hold My Scissors
  • 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

    02004HD

    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

    8.52007HD

    Alshaibi's father playing Iraqi folk music.

    Baba Boom Boom
  • 2007
    Dream of Samarra

    Dream of Samarra

    Dream of Samarra

    02007HD

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

    Dream of Samarra
  • 1970
    Boy from War

    Boy from War

    Boy from War

    01970HD

    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....

    Boy from War
  • 2009
    My Third Painting

    My Third Painting

    My Third Painting

    02009HD

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

    My Third Painting
  • 1970
    The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper

    The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper

    The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper

    01970HD

    Zeek Sheck Rules The Cloud People (But Not For Long) - Speech Joe

    The Speech By the Sweet Young Beeper