Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards
2004
Documentary
Overview
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.
Cast
Rania Ajami
Herself
Muammar Gaddafi
Himself
Fathiya Tabishat
Herself
Directors
Rania Ajami
