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The Ornament of the World

2019 7.8 1h 56m

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.

Cast

Reuven Firestone Himself (Hebrew Union College)

David Levering Lewis Himself (New York University)

Jerrilynn D. Dodds Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)

Frank Peters Himself (New York University)

María Rosa Menocal Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)

D. Fairchild Ruggles Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Abigail Balbale Herself (New York University)

Adnan Husain Himself (Queen's University)

Teofilo Ruiz Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)

Dwight Reynolds Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)

Ross Brann Himself (Cornell University)

Richard Bulliet Himself (Columbia University)

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