The Ornament of the World
2019Filmed 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.
Acted in
Reuven Firestone
as Himself (Hebrew Union College)
David Levering Lewis
as Himself (New York University)
Jerrilynn D. Dodds
as Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)
Frank Peters
as Himself (New York University)
María Rosa Menocal
as Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)
D. Fairchild Ruggles
as Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
Abigail Balbale
as Herself (New York University)
Adnan Husain
as Himself (Queen's University)
Teofilo Ruiz
as Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
Dwight Reynolds
as Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)
Ross Brann
as Himself (Cornell University)
Richard Bulliet
as Himself (Columbia University)
David Nirenberg
as Himself (University of Chicago)
Peter Linehan
as Himself (Cambridge University)
Tim Phelan
as Narrator (voice)