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The Ornament of the World
(2019)

1h 56m

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Documentary
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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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  • 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)

  • David Nirenberg

    Himself (University of Chicago)

  • Peter Linehan

    Himself (Cambridge University)

  • Tim Phelan

    Narrator (voice)

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