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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David Levering Lewis
Himself (New York University)
David Nirenberg
Himself (University of Chicago)
Reuven Firestone
Himself (Hebrew Union College)
María Rosa Menocal
Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
Abigail Balbale
Herself (New York University)
Jerrilynn D. Dodds
Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
D. Fairchild Ruggles
Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Adnan Husain
Himself (Queen's University)
Dwight Reynolds
Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Ross Brann
Himself (Cornell University)
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