Thought-provoking, captivating, and educational documentary, The Colonel’s Stray Dogs will be screened on 1 March 2024 at the Civic Theatre in Bloemfontein.
The documentary will be screened as part of the Bringing Cinema To Your Doorstep project initiated by 1976 Films.
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 its dictator, Ashur finally returned home to a hero’s welcome but soon found a land vastly different from 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.
The documentary, directed by Khalid Shamis, tells the story of a father and freedom fighter, absent from his family while dedicating his life to Libya. The Colonel’s Stray Dogs observes a father and son uncovering years of underground military operations, international collusion with intelligence agencies, a family hiding in exile in a South London suburb, a freed country in a civil war, and a second exile.
Mpho Coffee Tau of 1976 Films which will be screening the documentary said the is a lot to learn from the documentary about Libya, life in exile for Ashur, getting to know who Ashur Shamis is and why he became an enemy of the late Lybian President Muammar Gaddafi.
Tau stated that the is a lot to learn from the documentary and how Khalid Shamis beautifully directed the film in a captivating and educational way that will leave the audience wanting more.
Tickets to the screening are only R50, get your ticket now, call Whatsapp at 078 218 3012
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