The Ornament of the World (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.

Producers	Kikim Media
Original title	The Ornament of the World
Directors	Michael Schwarz
Writers	María Rosa Menocal, Rhonda Collins, Gail Huddleson, Jason Cohn, Michael Schwarz

Cast

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)