The Ornament of the World

Documentary 2019 · 1h 56m

Documentary History

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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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15 people

R Reuven Firestone Himself (Hebrew Union College)

D David Levering Lewis Himself (New York University)

J Jerrilynn D. Dodds Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)

F Frank Peters Himself (New York University)

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

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

A Abigail Balbale Herself (New York University)

A Adnan Husain Himself (Queen's University)

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

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

R Ross Brann Himself (Cornell University)

R Richard Bulliet Himself (Columbia University)

D David Nirenberg Himself (University of Chicago)

P Peter Linehan Himself (Cambridge University)

T Tim Phelan Narrator (voice)

The Ornament of the World

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