Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

(2004)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 7 votes

Genres: Documentary

Year: 2004

Runtime: 60 мин

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Director: Rania Ajami

Cast: Rania Ajami, Муаммар Каддафи, Fathiya Tabishat

Plot

The documentary investigates the phenomenon of Qaddafi's elite female bodyguard corps and the tensions these women embody: tensions between Islam, modernisation in a nomadic society, a militarist feminism and an urban dictatorship.