The Ornament of the World

Duration: 116 min

Release date: 2019-11-19

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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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The Ornament of the World

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Reuven Firestone

Reuven Firestone

as Himself (Hebrew Union College)

David Levering Lewis

David Levering Lewis

as Himself (New York University)

Jerrilynn D. Dodds

Jerrilynn D. Dodds

as Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)

as Himself (New York University)

María Rosa Menocal

María Rosa Menocal

as Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)

D. Fairchild Ruggles

D. Fairchild Ruggles

as Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Abigail Balbale

Abigail Balbale

as Herself (New York University)

as Himself (Queen's University)

as Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)

Dwight Reynolds

Dwight Reynolds

as Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)

as Himself (Cornell University)

Richard Bulliet

Richard Bulliet

as Himself (Columbia University)

David Nirenberg

David Nirenberg

as Himself (University of Chicago)

as Himself (Cambridge University)

as Narrator (voice)

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Michael Schwarz

Michael Schwarz

Michael Schwarz

Michael Schwarz

Executive Producer

Michael Schwarz

Michael Schwarz

María Rosa Menocal

María Rosa Menocal

Jamshied Sharifi

Jamshied Sharifi

Original Music Composer

Brian O'Connell

Brian O'Connell

Abigail Balbale

Abigail Balbale

Technical Advisor

Director of Photography

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