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The Ornament of the World

Name: The Ornament of the World
Released: 2019-12-17
Duration: 116 min
Cast: Reuven Firestone, David Levering Lewis, Jerrilynn D. Dodds, Frank Peters, María Rosa Menocal

Release Date:December 17, 2019

Running Time:116 min

Director

Michael Schwarz

Cast

Reuven Firestone David Levering Lewis Jerrilynn D. Dodds Frank Peters María Rosa Menocal D. Fairchild Ruggles Abigail Balbale Adnan Husain Teofilo Ruiz Dwight Reynolds Ross Brann Richard Bulliet

Top billed cast (via TMDB).

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Synopsis

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.

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