Film
Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards
2004Directed by Rania Ajami
Where to watch
Stream
- IndieFlix
- IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel
Free / with ads
- Kanopy
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h
About Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Rania Ajami
- Writer
- Rania Ajami
