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

Year: 2004
Genres: Documentary
Countries: United States of America, United Kingdom
Languages: Arabic, English
Runtime: 60 min

Name: Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004
Rating: 3.5

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.