Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards (2004)

Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards

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Documentary
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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.

Runtime
57m
Released
2004

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Release year: 2004

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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.

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