Usama Alshaibi
@djinnisin.bsky.social
Filmmaker-Artist, born in Baghdad, lived in Chicago, now Colorado.
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Usama Alshaibi
@djinnisin.bsky.social
· Dec 8
Usama Cinema - Short Film Collection
This is a collection of 16 of my short films created between 1999 to 2023. You will be able to own all the movies as video files. List of films:Testimony Dance Habibi DanceDogirlThe MessageThe Swimmer...
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You can now own many of my short films. Click below!
The original footage is from 8mm film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems. I was interested in how those moving images mutate and glitch into their own form. This transformation is like the memory, the pain and the history of trauma manifesting visually.
Soon : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Soon
2:12 minutes, January 2022Film by Usama Alshaibi
Written by Usama Alshaibi and Lauren Samblanet
Super 8mm film footage shot by Hameed...
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December 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The original footage is from 8mm film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems. I was interested in how those moving images mutate and glitch into their own form. This transformation is like the memory, the pain and the history of trauma manifesting visually.
Reposted by Usama Alshaibi
SOON by Usama Alshaibi
"This film is about my experience as a child that survived war. footage from super 8 film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems." Showing on 22nd November at @CinemaMuseum Advance tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35670#/
"This film is about my experience as a child that survived war. footage from super 8 film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems." Showing on 22nd November at @CinemaMuseum Advance tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35670#/
November 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SOON by Usama Alshaibi
"This film is about my experience as a child that survived war. footage from super 8 film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems." Showing on 22nd November at @CinemaMuseum Advance tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35670#/
"This film is about my experience as a child that survived war. footage from super 8 film my father shot that was then transferred to a variety of video tapes and systems." Showing on 22nd November at @CinemaMuseum Advance tickets: ticketlab.app/event/35670#/
We are everything and nothing.
October 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
We are everything and nothing.
Millions of true Americans are standing up to this racist authoritarian regime ruled over by a weak insecure orange man. We will succeed and history will remember this moment. Immigrants built this country, and racists are always trying to kill and harm us.
No more.
No more.
October 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Millions of true Americans are standing up to this racist authoritarian regime ruled over by a weak insecure orange man. We will succeed and history will remember this moment. Immigrants built this country, and racists are always trying to kill and harm us.
No more.
No more.
I’m always on to my next cinematic project. In paper, in thoughts, scribbles and drafts, rough to refinement, the noise with glow, cicadas, tears, and forever.
October 17, 2025 at 5:41 AM
I’m always on to my next cinematic project. In paper, in thoughts, scribbles and drafts, rough to refinement, the noise with glow, cicadas, tears, and forever.
Hello Colorado! I’m a filmmaker-artist and professor, originally from Baghdad , and come from Chicago and the Midwest. Let’s connect fellow weirdo creatives!
#coloradofilm #coloradoartists
#coloradofilm #coloradoartists
October 17, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Hello Colorado! I’m a filmmaker-artist and professor, originally from Baghdad , and come from Chicago and the Midwest. Let’s connect fellow weirdo creatives!
#coloradofilm #coloradoartists
#coloradofilm #coloradoartists
I believe in full human rights for every individual in the United States.
I believe we should be free to love anyone we want to love and express our desires freely.
I believe in freedom of speech & freedom of expression in all forms.
I believe it is essential to fight tyranny & authoritarianism.
I believe we should be free to love anyone we want to love and express our desires freely.
I believe in freedom of speech & freedom of expression in all forms.
I believe it is essential to fight tyranny & authoritarianism.
October 17, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I believe in full human rights for every individual in the United States.
I believe we should be free to love anyone we want to love and express our desires freely.
I believe in freedom of speech & freedom of expression in all forms.
I believe it is essential to fight tyranny & authoritarianism.
I believe we should be free to love anyone we want to love and express our desires freely.
I believe in freedom of speech & freedom of expression in all forms.
I believe it is essential to fight tyranny & authoritarianism.
The time is now to do the right thing and break this immoral blockade. Israel is committing mass genocide and we need to come together and show our humanity and save the people of Gaza.
We can have a better world, we are many and the time is now. Free Palestine.
We can have a better world, we are many and the time is now. Free Palestine.
October 2, 2025 at 4:54 AM
The time is now to do the right thing and break this immoral blockade. Israel is committing mass genocide and we need to come together and show our humanity and save the people of Gaza.
We can have a better world, we are many and the time is now. Free Palestine.
We can have a better world, we are many and the time is now. Free Palestine.
“It is the mask, the shadow and the night stars that sing the sorrow song of death. The traveler is you and the voice you hear is your own. You might be dreaming, so don’t wake up until you arrive in Baghdad, Iowa.
Baghdad, Iowa now streaming here:
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Baghdad, Iowa now streaming here:
archive.org/details/bagh...
Baghdad Iowa : Usama Alshaibi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
This liminal landscape, artificial yet grounded in a personal cultural mash-up of memory and pain, is seen through the camera, or the windshield as screen, as...
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August 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
“It is the mask, the shadow and the night stars that sing the sorrow song of death. The traveler is you and the voice you hear is your own. You might be dreaming, so don’t wake up until you arrive in Baghdad, Iowa.
Baghdad, Iowa now streaming here:
archive.org/details/bagh...
Baghdad, Iowa now streaming here:
archive.org/details/bagh...
Fascism is quickly becoming the new normal in the United States.
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Fascism is quickly becoming the new normal in the United States.
The Shadow
By Usama Alshaibi with Golbon Eghtedari
The Shadow is about actor Golbon Eghtedari, who plays an insurgent character in the Clint Eastwood movie American Sniper. Golbon, who was born in Iran, discusses her conflicted feelings about her role and the film.
archive.org/details/the-...
By Usama Alshaibi with Golbon Eghtedari
The Shadow is about actor Golbon Eghtedari, who plays an insurgent character in the Clint Eastwood movie American Sniper. Golbon, who was born in Iran, discusses her conflicted feelings about her role and the film.
archive.org/details/the-...
The Shadow : Usama Alshaibi : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
The ShadowHD, 15:09 minutes, 2020By Usama Alshaibi with Golbon EghtedariPremiered at the Iranian Film Festival San Francisco, September 2021The Shadow is about...
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July 29, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The Shadow
By Usama Alshaibi with Golbon Eghtedari
The Shadow is about actor Golbon Eghtedari, who plays an insurgent character in the Clint Eastwood movie American Sniper. Golbon, who was born in Iran, discusses her conflicted feelings about her role and the film.
archive.org/details/the-...
By Usama Alshaibi with Golbon Eghtedari
The Shadow is about actor Golbon Eghtedari, who plays an insurgent character in the Clint Eastwood movie American Sniper. Golbon, who was born in Iran, discusses her conflicted feelings about her role and the film.
archive.org/details/the-...
Dark days ahead. My whole life I’ve witnessed the United States government and media vilify Palestinians and allow and support massacres and starvation at the hands of Israel. But something has shifted in America. The propaganda machine is no longer working and people are seeing the truth.
July 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Dark days ahead. My whole life I’ve witnessed the United States government and media vilify Palestinians and allow and support massacres and starvation at the hands of Israel. But something has shifted in America. The propaganda machine is no longer working and people are seeing the truth.
The people of Gaza are being starved to death by Israel with the support of the United States. This is a war crime and a deliberate act. We need to stop this now!
#FreePalestine
#FreePalestine
July 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The people of Gaza are being starved to death by Israel with the support of the United States. This is a war crime and a deliberate act. We need to stop this now!
#FreePalestine
#FreePalestine
The United States is not a country that I recognize anymore. We are all in danger.
July 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The United States is not a country that I recognize anymore. We are all in danger.
Working on a new film. This is the Crestone, Ziggurat in Colorado created by Najeeb Halaby; but is it a ziggurat? Reminds me of the Samarra minaret. It connects us to heaven and earth.
June 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Working on a new film. This is the Crestone, Ziggurat in Colorado created by Najeeb Halaby; but is it a ziggurat? Reminds me of the Samarra minaret. It connects us to heaven and earth.
Reposted by Usama Alshaibi
@punctumbooks.bsky.social and i organized a reading fundraiser for Crips for ESims for Gaza. join us virtually on May 28th at 7:30p EST for readings by Ammiel Alcalay, Marta Cariello, Iain Chambers, Alexandra Juhasz, lauren samblanet, Léopold Lambert, & Jay Schaffner. form.typeform.com/to/djil009w
May 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
@punctumbooks.bsky.social and i organized a reading fundraiser for Crips for ESims for Gaza. join us virtually on May 28th at 7:30p EST for readings by Ammiel Alcalay, Marta Cariello, Iain Chambers, Alexandra Juhasz, lauren samblanet, Léopold Lambert, & Jay Schaffner. form.typeform.com/to/djil009w
I’m disturbed with what’s happening to the United States of America.
April 22, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I’m disturbed with what’s happening to the United States of America.
Accidental pic by blood machine nerves.
April 20, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Accidental pic by blood machine nerves.
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
-George Orwell, 1984
-George Orwell, 1984
April 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.”
-George Orwell, 1984
-George Orwell, 1984
Instant photo, spring daffodils at night.
March 31, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Instant photo, spring daffodils at night.
