Muammar Gaddafi

Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the "Brotherly Leader" of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but developed his own Third International Theory. Description above from the Wikipedia article Muammar Gaddafi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

23 (1998)

The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans-Christian Schmid
CAST:  Fabian Busch  •  August Diehl  •  Dieter Landuris  •  Jan-Gregor Kremp

The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hans-Christian Schmid
CAST:  Fabian Busch  •  August Diehl  •  Dieter Landuris  •  Jan-Gregor Kremp

Propaganda (2013)

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slavko Martinov
CAST:  Susannah Kenton  •  Eugene Chang  •  George W. Bush  •  Ronald Reagan

An anti-western propaganda film about the influences of American visual and consumption culture on the rest of the world, as told from a North Korean perspective.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slavko Martinov
CAST:  Susannah Kenton  •  Eugene Chang  •  George W. Bush  •  Ronald Reagan

Unity (2015)

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shaun Monson
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Zoe Saldaña  •  Lena Headey  •  Amanda Seyfried

Despite the advent of science, literature, technology, philosophy, religion, and so on -- none of these has assuaged humankind from killing one another, the animals, and nature. UNITY is a film about why we can't seem to get along, even after thousands and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shaun Monson
CAST:  Jessica Chastain  •  Zoe Saldaña  •  Lena Headey  •  Amanda Seyfried

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

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rania Ajami
CAST:  Rania Ajami  •  Muammar Gaddafi  •  Fathiya Tabishat

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rania Ajami
CAST:  Rania Ajami  •  Muammar Gaddafi  •  Fathiya Tabishat

HyperNormalisation (2016)

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Curtis
CAST:  Adam Curtis  •  Donald Trump  •  Vladimir Putin  •  Ronald Reagan

We live in a world where the powerful deceive us. We know they lie. They know we know they lie. They do not care. We say we care, but we do nothing, and nothing ever changes. It is normal. Welcome to the post-truth world. How we got to where we are now…  (more)

DIRECTION:  Adam Curtis
CAST:  Adam Curtis  •  Donald Trump  •  Vladimir Putin  •  Ronald Reagan

Mad Dog: Gaddafi's Secret World (2014)

Featuring real interviews and archive footage, this documentary gives an overview of Gaddafi's tyrannical reign over Libya from his early life until his death in 2011.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Olgiati
CAST:  Muammar Gaddafi

Featuring real interviews and archive footage, this documentary gives an overview of Gaddafi's tyrannical reign over Libya from his early life until his death in 2011.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christopher Olgiati
CAST:  Muammar Gaddafi

The Colonel's Stray Dogs (2021)

In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty years later, they are back to their country only to inherit the mess he left. The film is an intricate blend of rare first-hand accounts, propaganda archival material ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khalid Shamis
CAST:  Muammar Gaddafi  •  Ashur Shamis

In 1981, seven Libyan exiles formed the core opposition group to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. Thirty years later, they are back to their country only to inherit the mess he left. The film is an intricate blend of rare first-hand accounts, propaganda archival material ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Khalid Shamis
CAST:  Muammar Gaddafi  •  Ashur Shamis

Dictator: One Crazy Job (2013)

They’ve become the human face of inhuman barbarity. Leaders like Hitler, Idi Amin Dada, Stalin, Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, Nicolae Ceausescu, Bokassa, Muammar Kadhafi, Khomeini, Mussolini and Franco governed their countries completely cut off from reality. These ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Charlot
CAST:  Recep Cesur  •  Saddam Hussein  •  Kenji Fujimoto  •  Kim Jong-il

They’ve become the human face of inhuman barbarity. Leaders like Hitler, Idi Amin Dada, Stalin, Kim Jong Il, Saddam Hussein, Nicolae Ceausescu, Bokassa, Muammar Kadhafi, Khomeini, Mussolini and Franco governed their countries completely cut off from reality. These ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alain Charlot
CAST:  Recep Cesur  •  Saddam Hussein  •  Kenji Fujimoto  •  Kim Jong-il

Agnelli (2017)

Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Hooker
CAST:  Gianni Agnelli  •  Edoardo Agnelli  •  Marella Agnelli  •  Maria Sole Agnelli

Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nick Hooker
CAST:  Gianni Agnelli  •  Edoardo Agnelli  •  Marella Agnelli  •  Maria Sole Agnelli

Two Meetings and a Funeral (2017)

Two Meetings and a Funeral explores Bangladesh’s historical pivot from the socialism of the 1973 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Algeria to its ideological counterpoint, the emergence of a strong Islamic perspective at the 1974 Organisation of Islamic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naeem Mohaiemen
CAST:  Vijay Prashad  •  Samia Zennadi  •  Zonayed Saki  •  Fidel Castro

Two Meetings and a Funeral explores Bangladesh’s historical pivot from the socialism of the 1973 Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) meeting in Algeria to its ideological counterpoint, the emergence of a strong Islamic perspective at the 1974 Organisation of Islamic ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Naeem Mohaiemen
CAST:  Vijay Prashad  •  Samia Zennadi  •  Zonayed Saki  •  Fidel Castro

The Spy Who Fell to Earth (2019)

Based on Dr. Ahron Bregman's book, this documentary examines the life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian billionaire and double agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Meadmore
CAST:  Ahron Bregman  •  Yossi Melman  •  Moshe Buchbut  •  Amos Gilboa

Based on Dr. Ahron Bregman's book, this documentary examines the life and mysterious death of Ashraf Marwan, an Egyptian billionaire and double agent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas Meadmore
CAST:  Ahron Bregman  •  Yossi Melman  •  Moshe Buchbut  •  Amos Gilboa

Beauty Will Save the World (2003)

BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD charts the journey of 19 year old Tecca Zendik, a contestant in the Miss Net World contest, Libya's first every beauty competition. Colonel Muammar Qaddafi hosts this competition and the film includes extraordinary footage of the Colonel. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pietra Brettkelly
CAST:  Muammar Gaddafi  •  Omar Harfouch  •  Teca Zendick  •  Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

BEAUTY WILL SAVE THE WORLD charts the journey of 19 year old Tecca Zendik, a contestant in the Miss Net World contest, Libya's first every beauty competition. Colonel Muammar Qaddafi hosts this competition and the film includes extraordinary footage of the Colonel. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pietra Brettkelly
CAST:  Muammar Gaddafi  •  Omar Harfouch  •  Teca Zendick  •  Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Truth to the Powerless: An Investigation into Canada's Foreign Policy

A six part documentary series which seeks to explore the role Canada's foreign policy has played in the international arena since the post-World War II era.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pitasanna Shan
CAST:  Noam Chomsky  •  George W. Bush  •  Jean Chrétien  •  Muammar Gaddafi

A six part documentary series which seeks to explore the role Canada's foreign policy has played in the international arena since the post-World War II era.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pitasanna Shan
CAST:  Noam Chomsky  •  George W. Bush  •  Jean Chrétien  •  Muammar Gaddafi