The Ornament of the World (2019)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 2019-11-19
Runtime: 116 minutes
Director: Michael Schwarz
Top Cast
- Reuven Firestone as Himself (Hebrew Union College)
- David Levering Lewis as Himself (New York University)
- Jerrilynn D. Dodds as Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
- Frank Peters as Himself (New York University)
- María Rosa Menocal as Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
- D. Fairchild Ruggles as Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Abigail Balbale as Herself (New York University)
- Adnan Husain as Himself (Queen's University)
- Teofilo Ruiz as Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
- Dwight Reynolds as Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
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