Cities of light [videorecording] : the rise and fall of Islamic Spain / Unity Productions Foundation Gardner Films.


[Potomac Falls, VA?] : Unity Productions Foundation, [2007?]
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Notes:

  • DVD Region 1.
  • Producer and director, Robert Gardner writer, Carrie Gardner, editor, Jeremy Morrison.
  • Narrator: Sam Mercurio.
  • First broadcast on August 22, 2007 on PBS.
  • Traces the history of Islamic Spain and shows how in Southern Spain the Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together and thrived, and the seeds of the Renaissance were sown, but within a few centuries the fragile union of these people dissipated and the time of tolerance was lost forever. The film provides the viewer with a diverse group of world-class historians and scholars. These experts provide historical context, analysis, and critical perspective, to tell a story of vital importance and offer lessons for our contemporary world.

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