Usama Alshaibi Movies

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...

What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

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....

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

A short film by Usama Alshaibi

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

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...

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

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

A devotion to beauty, aching and isolation.

In Nice Bombs filmmaker Usama Alshaibi returns to Baghdad to reunite with his family after nearly 24 years. This documentary navigates through his...

Study of a schizophrenic girl in her own language.

An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

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

Close-up of a woman crying.

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

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

A young artist in a dark dorm room takes anxieties out of their brain and into their hands.