Below is a list of significant events and films in underground film history between the years 2000 and 2005. Reference key of sources appears at the bottom of the page.
2000
MAJOR EVENTS
Usama and Kristie Alshaibi found and run the Z Film Festival in Chicago.
(J.S.)
2001
SIGNIFICANT FILMS
U.S.:
Usama Alshaibi:
Ass (J.S.)
Dan McLaughlin:
The Afterlife of a Hollywood Extra (D.E.J.)
2002
SIGNIFICANT FILMS
U.S.:
Kristie Alshaibi:
Other People’s Mirrors (J.S.)
2003
SIGNIFICANT FILMS
U.S.:
Usama Alshaibi:
The Amateurs (DVD) (J.S.)
2004
SIGNIFICANT FILMS
U.S.:
Usama Alshaibi:
Convulsion Expulsion (DVD) (J.S.)
2005
MAJOR EVENTS
Last year of Usama and Kristie Alshaibi’s Z Film Festival.
(J.S.)
REFERENCE KEY:
D.E.J.: David E. James. The Most Typical Avant-garde: History and Geography of Minor Cinemas in Los Angeles. Berkeley: University of California, 2005.
J.S.: Jack Sargeant. Deathtripping: the Extreme Underground. Brooklyn: Soft Skull, 2008. (Originally published: London: Creation, 1995.)