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The ornament of the world / directed by Michael Schwarz ; produced by Kiki Kaur Kapany, Michael Schwarz ; written by Maria Rosa Menocal, Jason Cohn, Michael Schwarz, Gail Huddleson, Rhonda Collins.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: OOTW601 | PBSLanguage: English Original language: English Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS, [2019]Description: 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781531703370
  • 1531703372
Related works:
  • Television adaptation of (work): Menocal, Maria Rosa. Ornament of the world
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Vincente Franco; original music, Jamshied Sharifi; animation, Brian O'Connell.
Narrated by Tim Phelan.Summary: This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years 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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Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Northport Library DVD 946.02 O74 Available 33111009522927
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years 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.

DVD; Widescreen; NTSC, region 1; stereo.

Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Narrated by Tim Phelan.

Widescreen (16x9)

Title from disc surface.

Based on the book by Maria Rosa Menocal.

Director of photography, Vincente Franco; original music, Jamshied Sharifi; animation, Brian O'Connell.

Rating: TV14.

This remarkable story from the past is especially timely today. Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800 years 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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