| April 1997
In March 1997 Libya celebrated the 20th anniversary of Jamahiriya, the state of the masses. The "brother leader", Muammar Al Qadhafi, is eschewing political parties and representative democracy. Our journalist is bussed in from Tunisia across flat desert, he is forbidden from filming once across the Libyan border. He arrives at a conference for the Organisation for African Unity and joins foreign ministers at a banquet. Clad in lilac robes, Qadhafi sweeps in and delivers a 2 hour harangue against America's "interference". As several ministers fall asleep, he says, "you are tired of listening". A crowd of young men dressed in shiny tracksuits runs to the entrance of the hotel as delegates emerge. All clutch printed signs in support of the OAU. Denying that they were ordered to come, they claim to be members of a "political committee". We film the General People's Conference in action: despite lively debate, a delegates admits that the conference always abides by Qadhafi's "proposals". Qadhafi throught the back, protected by his military cohorts while he glides to his podium. A sceptical report on Qadhafi's Libya and his manipulation of the foreign media. |
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