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The Ornament of the World

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Calorie Rating: 163
Released: 2019-11-19
Running Time: 116 Minutes
Homepage: https://theornamentoftheworld.com/
Studios: Kikim Media,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Reuven Firestone
Character: Himself (Hebrew Union College)
David Levering Lewis
Character: Himself (New York University)
Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Character: Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)

Frank Peters
Character: Himself (New York University)
María Rosa Menocal
Character: Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
D. Fairchild Ruggles
Character: Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Abigail Balbale
Character: Herself (New York University)
Adnan Husain
Character: Himself (Queen's University)
Teofilo Ruiz
Character: Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)

Dwight Reynolds
Character: Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Ross Brann
Character: Himself (Cornell University)
Richard Bulliet
Character: Himself (Columbia University)

David Nirenberg
Character: Himself (University of Chicago)
Peter Linehan
Character: Himself (Cambridge University)
Tim Phelan
Character: Narrator (voice)


Production and Crew



Mark Escott
Sound Mixer
Kiki Kapany
Executive Producer

Vicente Franco
Director of Photography

Jamshied Sharifi
Original Music Composer

Abigail Balbale
Technical Advisor