Usama Alshaibi Movies

What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

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

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

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 woman lying on a hardwood floor covered in plastic wrap.

Close-up of a woman crying.

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

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....

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

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

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

A bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.

A devotion to beauty, aching and isolation.

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...

Study of a schizophrenic girl in her own language.

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

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

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

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

An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.