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The Ornament of the World (2019)
Directed by Michael Schwarz
Documentary, History · 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 transcended their religious differences, revealing what made this rare and fruitful collaboration possible, and what ultimately tore it apart.
Cast
R
Reuven Firestone
Himself (Hebrew Union College)
D
David Levering Lewis
Himself (New York University)
J
Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
F
Frank Peters
Himself (New York University)
M
María Rosa Menocal
Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
D
D. Fairchild Ruggles
Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
A
Abigail Balbale
Herself (New York University)
A
Adnan Husain
Himself (Queen's University)
T
Teofilo Ruiz
Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
D
Dwight Reynolds
Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
R
Ross Brann
Himself (Cornell University)
R
Richard Bulliet
Himself (Columbia University)
Crew
- Director
- Michael Schwarz
- Writer
- Jason Cohn, Michael Schwarz, Gail Huddleson, Rhonda Collins
- Director of Photography
- Vicente Franco
- Original Music Composer
- Jamshied Sharifi
- Editor
- Gail Huddleson, Rhonda Collins
- Producer
- Michael Schwarz
Details
- Release date
- 2019-11-19
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Kikim Media