The Ornament of the World (2019)
Overview
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.
Top Cast
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Reuven Firestone
Himself (Hebrew Union College)
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David Levering Lewis
Himself (New York University)
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Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
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Frank Peters
Himself (New York University)
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María Rosa Menocal
Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
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D. Fairchild Ruggles
Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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Abigail Balbale
Herself (New York University)
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Adnan Husain
Himself (Queen's University)
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Teofilo Ruiz
Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
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Dwight Reynolds
Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
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Ross Brann
Himself (Cornell University)
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Richard Bulliet
Himself (Columbia University)
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David Nirenberg
Himself (University of Chicago)
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Peter Linehan
Himself (Cambridge University)
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Tim Phelan
Narrator (voice)
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