The Ornament of the World
116 mins
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.
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)
Rhonda Collins
Writer
Jason Cohn
Writer
Stuart Bruce
Sound
Michael Schwarz
Director
Michael Schwarz
Writer
Mark Escott
Sound Mixer
Gail Huddleson
Writer
Kiki Kapany
Executive Producer
Danny Munoz
Sound
Ray Day
Sound
Michael Schwarz
Producer
Gail Huddleson
Editor
María Rosa Menocal
Author
Jamshied Sharifi
Original Music Composer
Brian O'Connell
Animation
Rhonda Collins
Editor
Abigail Balbale
Technical Advisor
Vicente Franco
Director of Photography