Film

The Ornament of the World

7.820191h 56m6Documentary History

Age rating: 6
Director: Michael Schwarz
Year: 2019

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.

Top cast

Reuven Firestone

Himself (Hebrew Union College)

David Levering Lewis

Himself (New York University)

Jerrilynn D. Dodds

Herself (Sarah Lawrence College)

Frank Peters

Himself (New York University)

María Rosa Menocal

Herself (Author, The Ornament of the World)

D. Fairchild Ruggles

Herself (Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Abigail Balbale

Herself (New York University)

Adnan Husain

Himself (Queen's University)

Teofilo Ruiz

Himself (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)

Dwight Reynolds

Himself (Univ. of California, Santa Barbara)

Ross Brann

Himself (Cornell University)

Richard Bulliet

Himself (Columbia University)

David Nirenberg

Himself (University of Chicago)

Peter Linehan

Himself (Cambridge University)

Tim Phelan

Narrator (voice)

Directed by

Michael Schwarz

Written by

Rhonda Collins, Jason Cohn, Michael Schwarz, Gail Huddleson

Produced by

Michael Schwarz