Shadows of a Leader
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| Original title | Shadows of a Leader: Qaddafi's Female Bodyguards |
| Country of production | Libya , USA |
| original language | Arabic , English |
| Publishing year | 2004 |
| length | 59 minutes |
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| Director | Rania Ajami |
| script | Rania Ajami |
| production | Rania Ajami , John Casey |
| music | René Aubry , Taoufiq Ben Amor , Kardeş Türküler |
| camera | Micah Schaffer |
| cut | Rania Ajami , Stefanos Geroulanos |
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Shadows of a Leader is a documentary about the Amazon Guard , the bodyguards of Muammar al-Gaddafi . It was shot in 2004 as the first film by director Rania Ajami in Libya .
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The film follows some of Gaddafi's bodyguards at work, their entrance exams to the military academy and their daily lives. It shows the tensions women are exposed to between Islam, the modernization of a nomadic society, militant feminism and an urban dictatorship.
Trivia
Ajami had to wait two years for permission to film in Libya. She was the first filmmaker to gain access and film permission to some of the places and people shown in the film. During the filming, she learned from the Libyan soldiers how to shoot an RPG .
Festivals and prizes
- Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival 2004, Winner: Best Documentary
- Montreal World Film Festival 2004
- Avignon / New York Film Festival 2004
- Festival du Film de Strasbourg. 2004
- Kodak Emerging Filmmakers, Cannes Festival, 2004