The Ornament of the World

Synopsis

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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Key crew

• Michael SchwarzDirector
• Jason CohnWriter
• Michael SchwarzWriter
• Gail HuddlesonWriter
• Rhonda CollinsWriter
• Jamshied SharifiOriginal Music Composer

Cast

• Reuven FirestoneHimself (Hebrew Union College)
• David Levering LewisHimself (New York University)
• Jerrilynn D. DoddsHerself (Sarah Lawrence College)
• Frank PetersHimself (New York University)
• María Rosa MenocalHerself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
• D. Fairchild RugglesHerself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• Abigail BalbaleHerself (New York University)
• Adnan HusainHimself (Queen's University)
• Teofilo RuizHimself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
• Dwight ReynoldsHimself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
• Ross BrannHimself (Cornell University)
• Richard BullietHimself (Columbia University)

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