Category: Shows

My new short film The Muslim Meme (with music by Marvin J. Gladney) will have its world premiere at DOK Leipzig on November 1, 2017.

My film is part of traveling program called Filmmakers Unite (FU) curated by Jay Rosenblatt & Ellen Bruno.

https://films2017.dok-leipzig.de/en/film/?ID=19322

Open Signal is proud to host a Portland showing of The Seventh Art Stand, a nationwide screening and discussion series presented by over fifty theaters, museums and community centers in the United States, which seeks to clarify the myths perpetuated by Islamophobia. 

This screening, hosted by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Vivian Hua, will feature short films by filmmakers from all over the country, including “Baghdad, Iowa” by Colorado filmmaker Usama Alshaibi; “Um Aballah” by New York filmmaker Sahar al-Sawaf; “Thyme” by Florida filmmaker Jude Cherab; and “Searching Skies” by Hua. 

Following the screening, Hua will discuss the works shown with Alshaibi over Skype.  Screening date is June 21.

BANNED! Pt. 1 – FILMS FROM IRAQ
Thursday, March 9th
$10 / Free for Immigrants
All proceeds to the ACLU

Proudly presented by the Winnipeg Underground Film Fest and Ace Art Inc.

THESE FILMS KILL FASCISTS

Please join us for this amazing collection of experiments and observations from Iraq, filmed in Iraq and in most cases by Iraqi filmmakers.

‘There, The Gun’ by Jamal Penjweny, 9min
‘Fan and Coffee’ by Rebeen Hamarafiq, 1min
‘The Flowering’ by Usama Alshaibi, 5min
‘Dream City’ by Emma Piper-Burket, 50min

First Friday: February Baghdad, Iowa
February 3, 20175:00 pm–7:00 pm

FilmScene
118 E. College St., Iowa City

Baghdad, Iowa will be having its Berlin premiere on October 2 2 at Ludwig along with my 2002 narrative feature Soak. This screening is free and open to the public. Click here for more info and location.

Program:
21:00 – Short introduction by Ceven Knowles
21:10 – Video introduction from Usama Alshaibi
21:30 – film “BAGHDAD, IOWA”
22:00 – 20 minute Intermission
22:20 – film “SOAK”

Watch American Arab on American Reframed through World Channel TV on public television. National Broadcast on Tuesday September 6, 2016. Check here for local listings: bit.ly/ARF_AmArab

Baghdad, Iowa will be shown at the MidWaste Showcase at Rozz Tox, July 30. The fine folks at Midwaste have written about my film in their publication White Fungus here and excerpts from my art-notebook for Baghdad, Iowa (featuring drawings, collage, and a short story) will be featured in MIDWASTE, a forthcoming publication.

Signal Cross Over, a short film by Kristie Alshaibi and Usama Alshaibi will play June 30 in Chicago as part of a group art show. More info here.

Baghdad, Iowa will have its midwestern premiere at my homebase, the Chicago Underground Film Festival on Sunday, June 5 at 6pm at Logan Theater as part of Shorts 11.  More info here. 

 

Hey Fort Collins, Colorado. My documentary American Arab will be playing this Saturday (April 16) at the Human Rights Film Festival at Colorado State University, Lory Student Center Theater at 4:30pm. I’ll be there for a Q&A.