The Ornament of the World
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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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The Ornament of the World Cast
- Reuven FirestoneHimself (Hebrew Union College)
- David Levering LewisHimself (New York University)
- Jerrilynn D. DoddsHerself (Sarah Lawrence College)
- Frank PetersHimself (New York University)
- María Rosa MenocalHerself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
- D. Fairchild RugglesHerself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
- Abigail BalbaleHerself (New York University)
- Adnan HusainHimself (Queen's University)
- Teofilo RuizHimself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
- Dwight ReynoldsHimself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
- Ross BrannHimself (Cornell University)
- Richard BullietHimself (Columbia University)
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