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The Ornament of the World

The Ornament of the World

7.8/10 TMDB2019Documentary116 minutes

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.

DA
David Levering Lewis
Himself (New York University)
RI
Richard Bulliet
Himself (Columbia University)
PE
Peter Linehan
Himself (Cambridge University)
TE
Teofilo Ruiz
Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
RO
Ross Brann
Himself (Cornell University)
DW
Dwight Reynolds
Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
DA
David Nirenberg
Himself (University of Chicago)
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Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
D.
D. Fairchild Ruggles
Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
TI
Tim Phelan
Narrator (voice)
RE
Reuven Firestone
Himself (Hebrew Union College)
FR
Frank Peters
Himself (New York University)

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116 minutes
English
United States of America
November 19, 2019

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