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...

Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

An adventure in pornographic surrealism.

What is preventing these people from completing video penetration?

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

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

A short film by Usama Alshaibi

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

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...

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

Close-up of a woman crying.

A bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.

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

Experimental short about the Qawliya gypsies in Iraq.

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...

An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.

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...