Usama Alshaibi Movies

  • 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
  • 2006
    Qawliya Dance

    Qawliya Dance

    Qawliya Dance

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    Experimental short about the Qawliya gypsies in Iraq.

    Qawliya Dance
  • 2008
    Gash

    Gash

    Gash

    02008HD

    An experimental film focusing on the writhing form of Katinka.

    Gash
  • 2004
    Self-Contained

    Self-Contained

    Self-Contained

    02004HD

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

    Self-Contained
  • 2007
    Dream of Samarra

    Dream of Samarra

    Dream of Samarra

    02007HD

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

    Dream of Samarra
  • 2008
    Looking at Clouds

    Looking at Clouds

    Looking at Clouds

    02008HD

    Chicago, 2008.

    Looking at Clouds
  • 2005
    Traumata

    Traumata

    Traumata

    02005HD

    A short film by Usama Alshaibi

    Traumata
  • 2008
    Spoiled

    Spoiled

    Spoiled

    02008HD

    Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

    Spoiled
  • 2002
    Soak

    Soak

    Soak

    02002HD

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

    Soak
  • 2000
    Muffin

    Muffin

    Muffin

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

    Muffin
  • 2008
    My Second Painting

    My Second Painting

    My Second Painting

    02008HD

    Chicago, May 2008

    My Second Painting
  • 2010
    My Fourth Painting

    My Fourth Painting

    My Fourth Painting

    02010HD

    Chicago 2010

    My Fourth Painting
  • 2006
    Nice Bombs

    Nice Bombs

    Nice Bombs

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

    Nice Bombs
  • 2008
    Runaway

    Runaway

    Runaway

    02008HD

    Usama Alshaibi-directed short film.

    Runaway
  • 2008
    Patient

    Patient

    Patient

    02008HD

    A bandaged woman writhes naked on a bed.

    Patient
  • 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
  • 2004
    Hold My Scissors

    Hold My Scissors

    Hold My Scissors

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

    Hold My Scissors
  • 2000
    Death Jerk-Off 2000

    Death Jerk-Off 2000

    Death Jerk-Off 2000

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    A cut up exploration in film-kink and video-noise fetish for the children of the millennium.

    Death Jerk-Off 2000
  • 2006
    Eid Sacrifice

    Eid Sacrifice

    Eid Sacrifice

    02006HD

    Traditional slaughter of an animal for Islamic holiday Eid.

    Eid Sacrifice
  • 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