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The Ornament of the World

Michael Schwarz

2019 • 1h 56m

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 tr...

The Ornament of the World

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)

David NirenbergHimself (University of Chicago)

Peter LinehanHimself (Cambridge University)

Tim PhelanNarrator (voice)

Crew

Jason Cohn

Jason CohnWriter

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