The Ornament of the World (2019)
2019 · 1h 56m · Documentary, History
Genres: Documentary, History
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…
Director: Michael Schwarz
Writers: Rhonda Collins, Michael Schwarz, Gail Huddleson
Music by: Jamshied Sharifi
Cinematography: Vicente Franco
Editor: Rhonda Collins, Gail Huddleson
Cast
Reuven Firestone as Himself (Hebrew Union College)David Levering Lewis as Himself (New York University)Jerrilynn D. Dodds as Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)Frank Peters as Himself (New York University)María Rosa Menocal as Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)D. Fairchild Ruggles as Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)Abigail Balbale as Herself (New York University)Adnan Husain as Himself (Queen's University)Teofilo Ruiz as Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)Dwight Reynolds as Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)Ross Brann as Himself (Cornell University)Richard Bulliet as Himself (Columbia University)More like this
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