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The story of Gaddafi’s unique all-female bodyguard unit.
For the first time, his ‘eyes and ears’ reveal the truth about their lives, their leader and their country.
Known as the Amazons or Revolutionary Nuns, they were personally selected by Colonel Gaddafi for their beauty, strength and loyalty. They had unprecedented access to him in public and private. They were his eyes and ears. ‘Gaddafi’s Girls’ is told through five or six women’s stories from different generations, revealing a unique picture of Gaddafi’s Libya. Now imprisoned, in exile or on the run, facing an uncertain future, they will peel back the facade from the early days of the revolution to tell the darker tale of life inside a regime where the dream turned into a brutal nightmare.

Credits

Director
Sylvia Stevens
Screenwriter
Sylvia Stevens
Producer
Kahina Amara-Korba

About the Director

Sylvia Stevens
Sylvia Stevens is a co-founder of Faction Films, and has more than 25 years’ experience as a producer and director. She has made programmes for major UK and international broadcasters and co-produced with companies in Latin America, India, South Africa, Australia and Japan. The topics of her films range from social and political subjects to the arts, and have won prizes in the USA, Cuba and Irelan
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