Usama Alshaibi Movies

A short film by Usama Alshaibi

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....

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?

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

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...

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

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

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

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

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

Study of a schizophrenic girl in her own language.

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 bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

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

A devotion to beauty, aching and isolation.

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.