No charges will be filed the reported March 6 beating of filmmaker Usama Alshaibi in Fairfield, Iowa, which Alshaibi initially labeled a hate crime.
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Police Identify House, Witnesses in Alleged Alshaibi Beating
Fairfield, Iowa authorities confirm that they have identified the house and witnesses where filmmaker Usama Alshaibi was subjected to an alleged hate crime attack early Sunday.
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Filmmaker Usama Alshaibi Says He Was Beaten in Anti-Arab attack
Usama Alshaibi, director of the in-progress documentary “American Arab,” claims he was beaten March 6 in Fairfield, Iowa in an anti-Arab attack.
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American Arab
Usama Alshaibi screens clips from his in-progress documentary “American Arab” and joins a panel discussion for Arab American Heritage Month, tonight at Columbia College.
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I’ll Spare You the Paul Simon Reference
Shorts from a host of local filmmakers commissioned by Chicago FIlmmakers and Kodak screen Friday in Super-8 Rides Again!
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I’ll Spare You the Simon & Garfunkel Reference
Shorts from a host of local filmmakers commissioned by Chicago FIlmmakers and Kodak screen Friday in Super-8 Rides Again!
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I’ll spare you the Simon & Garfunkel reference
Shorts from a host of local filmmakers commissioned by Chicago FIlmmakers and Kodak screen Friday in Super-8 Rides Again!
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Alladeen
The Builders Association, a New York-based experimental company founded by former Wooster Group dramaturge Marianne Weems, made its Chicago debut almost two years ago with Xtravaganza, a trippy homage to producer Florenz Ziegfeld, director Busby Berkeley, dancer Loie Fuller, and designer Steele MacKaye. For her troupe’s return engagement Weems has joined forces with designers Keith […]