The Ornament of the World (2019)
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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Cast
- Reuven Firestone — Himself (Hebrew Union College)
- David Levering Lewis — Himself (New York University)
- Jerrilynn D. Dodds — Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
- Frank Peters — Himself (New York University)
- María Rosa Menocal — Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
- D. Fairchild Ruggles — Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Abigail Balbale — Herself (New York University)
- Adnan Husain — Himself (Queen's University)
- Teofilo Ruiz — Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
- Dwight Reynolds — Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
- Ross Brann — Himself (Cornell University)
- Richard Bulliet — Himself (Columbia University)
Where to watch The Ornament of the World
PBS Living Amazon Channel, Kanopy
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