East Window Presents
the World Premier of

TRIP ZIGGURAT
(2025, 14:05 minutes)

Directed by Usama Alshaibi
Produced by Lauren Samblanet and Adam Sekuler
Edited by Aaron Schillinger
Music by Raphique Barakat

A road trip to a Ziggurat in Colorado sparks connections between Arabs in the state. Filmmaker, Usama Ashaibi, embarks on a journey to the Crestone Ziggurat. His personal pilgrimage intertwines with the stories of other Arabs in Boulder who find ways of bringing their homelands to the state.

Starring
Paul Kloppenburg, Hanne Strong Njal Schold, Darci Meyers
Ramzy Abuieta and Manal Jarrar

Cinematography by Usama Alshaibi
Additional Cinematography by Robert Ortega

Colorist Shanna Maurizi
Sound Mix by Matteah Baim
Graphic Design by Tyler Rubenfeld
Samarra, Iraq footage courtesy of Sama Alshaibi

https://usamaalshaibi.com/trip-ziggurat/

FIRELIGHT MEDIA 
Executive Producers
Stanley Nelson, Marcia Smith and Chloë Walters-Wallace
Supervising Producer Nicole Tsien
Associate Producer Weenta Girmay
Graphics Firebrand Creative House
Post Production House Modulus Studios
Legal Counsel Fernando Ramirez

PBS 
Executives in Charge Adam Dylewski, Wendy Llinás and Maribel Lopez

$5.00 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of unds.