Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this documentary retraces the 800-year period in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
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- Status
- Released
- Production
- Kikim Media
Keywords
- spain
- christianity
- islam
- religious conversion
- toledo, spain
- judaism
- conflict
- massacre
- culture
- granada, spain
- forced conversion
- seville, spain
- caliph
- arab culture
- mosque
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Top Cast
Reuven Firestone as Himself (Hebrew Union College)
David Levering Lewis as Himself (New York University)
Jerrilynn D. Dodds as Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
Frank Peters as Himself (New York University)
María Rosa Menocal as Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
D. Fairchild Ruggles as Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Abigail Balbale as Herself (New York University)
Adnan Husain as Himself (Queen's University)
Top Crew
Michael Schwarz · Director, Writer
Jason Cohn · Writer
Gail Huddleson · Writer, Editor
Jamshied Sharifi · Composer
Vicente Franco · Cinematographer
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