The Ornament of the World (2019)
1h 56m
Running Time
November 19, 2019Release Date
The Ornament of the World (2019)
1h 56m
Running Time
November 19, 2019Release Date
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Reuven Firestone
Himself (Hebrew Union College)
Michael Schwarz
Director
David Levering Lewis
Himself (New York University)
Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
Frank Peters
Himself (New York University)
Jamshied Sharifi
Composer
Vicente Franco
Cinematographer
María Rosa Menocal
Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World) / Author
Gail Huddleson
Editor
D. Fairchild Ruggles
Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Abigail Balbale
Herself (New York University) / Technical Advisor
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)
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This Movie Is About.
christianity
islam
spain
toledo
religious conversion
judaism
conflict
massacre
culture
granada
forced conversion
seville
caliph
arab culture
mosque
andalucía
córdoba
coexist
caliphate
medieval spain