The Ornament of the World (2019)

ALL 11/19/2019 (en) Documentary, History 116 Min
  • Release
    11/19/2019
  • Production
    Kikim Media
  • Rotten tomato
    78%
  • Original title
    The Ornament of the World
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Schwarz

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michael Schwarz

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Reuven Firestone

    Himself (Hebrew Union College)

  2. David Levering Lewis

    Himself (New York University)

  3. Jerrilynn D. Dodds

    Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)

  4. Frank Peters

    Himself (New York University)

  5. María Rosa Menocal

    Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)

  6. D. Fairchild Ruggles

    Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

  7. Abigail Balbale

    Herself (New York University)

  8. Adnan Husain

    Himself (Queen's University)

  9. Teofilo Ruiz

    Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)

  10. Dwight Reynolds

    Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)

  11. Ross Brann

    Himself (Cornell University)

  12. Richard Bulliet

    Himself (Columbia University)

  13. David Nirenberg

    Himself (University of Chicago)

  14. Peter Linehan

    Himself (Cambridge University)

  15. Tim Phelan

    Narrator (voice)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 15 , Crews : 18

Keyword

The Ornament of the World (2019) 116 Min

ALL 11/19/2019 (en)
Documentary, History
  • Release 11/19/2019
  • Production
    Kikim Media
  • Original title The Ornament of the World
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

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.

  1. Michael Schwarz

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Gail Huddleson, Rhonda Collins

    Editor

  4. Michael Schwarz

    Producer