Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

movie

57min

2004

Documentary

Description

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.

Crew

Rania Ajami

self, director, writer, producer, editor

Muammar Gaddafi

archive footage

Fatima Elalem

self

Muammer Ben Saed

self

Fathiya Tabishat

self

Hosni Ben Saed

self

Marlin El-Mahalli

self

Sabria Harikat

self

John Casey

producer

René Aubry

composer

Taoufiq Ben Amor

composer

Kardes Türküler

composer

Micah Schaffer

cinematographer

Stefanos Geroulanos

editor

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