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Colonel's Stray Dogs (The)

  • Colonel's Stray Dogs (The)
Genre : Political
Type : Documentary
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2021
Format : Feature
Running time : 74 (in minutes)

For over 40 years Ashur Shamis was a member of the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood and Colonel Gadaffi's enemy-number-one in exile with a $1m bounty on his head. His dream of a ‘free' Libya almost cost him his life and his family. When the 2011 revolution rid the country of their dictator, Ashur finally returned home to a hero's welcome, but soon found a land vastly different to the one he left.

As Libya slipped into civil war he was rejected by the new country and found himself exiled once again. His dream of Libya now distorted, Ashur's son uncovers a dangerous past and questions the choices his father made to inherit the mess Gadaffi left.

A film by Khalid SHAMIS

Libya / South Africa / United Kingdom, 2021, Documentary - 1h 14m



Original Title: The Colonel's Stray Dogs
Languages: Arabic, English
Countries: Libya / South Africa / United Kingdom

Producers: Steven Markovitz, Khalid Shamis

Director
Khalid Shamis


2021 | 32nd Carthage Film Festival - JCC, Tunis | 30.10.2021 - 06.11.2021
* Selection: Visions Libya

2021 / 42nd DIFF - Durban International Film festival - DURBAN, South Africa - From 22 July-1 August 2021.
* Selection
www.durbanfilmfest.com/film/the-colonels-stray-dogs/

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