Can the "coexistence" between different cultures in the globalized world of the XXI century? September 11th (through the attacks in Madrid, London and Bali) live in a permanent state of war which we are most familiar, and words such as religion and faith have become synonymous with intolerance, but how history has always been the case?
"The Elders of Córdoba" is one that takes a trip from New York to Jerusalem, passing through Spain, Morocco, Paris, Berlin, Qatar
or Cairo, a journey that seeks to strokes of dialogue and coexistence in which a mythical Jewish, Christian and Muslims have lived in mutual respect and tolerance. In this search we follow two geniuses medieval Maimonides and Averroes, both born in al-Andalus and Córdoba, each from their own faith, had the courage to try to harmonize religion and science, reason and revelation. This trip between the Past and Present is c
onducido by Jacob Bender, American Jewish who, in addition to his experience as a filmmaker and director, has significant experience in the world as an activist for peace and interreligious dialogue. Throughout the documentary, Bender meets people from different communities and traditions that live in the midst of contradiction and conflict to reconcile their faith with modernity, democracy and tolerance. 
This seems, at present, the main divide between Islam and the West: but it is not interpreted as a "clash of civilizations" but rather as a symptomatic effect of a rearguard action by of those (and in this we are including all) feel threatened by modernization and therefore its moral component. Universality is also possible, but in a broader sense: "The Elders of Cordoba try to shed light on a past in which lived diversity as an asset, particularly as the foundation on which to build an" alliance of civilization. "
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