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La Caravana del manuscrito andalus
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Wikipedia article
'La Caravana del manuscrito andalus' is a 2007 documentary film directed by Lidia Peralta Garca.
Synopsis
During the 12th and 15th centuries, in Muslim Spain, many science books were written. When Muslims left Spain, many took their manuscripts with them. Today, one can find them spread in particular libraries, all along the caravan route through Morocco, Mauritania and Mali. From Toledo to Timbuktu, this documentary follows their traces. Its protagonist, Ismael Diadi Haidara, owner of the Andalus Library of Timbuktu, has spent years trying to retrieve his family's manuscripts and with them, his own Al Andalus past.
Production
The film was produced with the assistance of CEDECOM Malaga.
The director, Lidia Peralta Garca, traveled for five months and covered over on the route from Toledo in Spain to Timbuktu in Mali to make the documentary.
According to Peralta, "a documentary like this makes you very aware that for many centuries we have shared the same history, while today some have white skin and others black".
Awards
'La Caravana del manuscrito andalus' won the Best Documentary Film prize at the 10th International Panorama of Independent Films.
It was also nominated for Best Documentary Film at the 2008 Marbella International Film Festival.
See also
*List of Islam-related films
References
Category:2007 films
Category:Spanish documentary films
Category:2007 documentary films
Category:Documentary films about Islam
Category:Documentary films about the history of science
Category:Science in the medieval Islamic world
Category:History of Al-Andalus
Category:Historiography of Spain
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