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The Lion of the Desert, my favorite film of all time (archive.org)
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(Mirrors.)

This is the story of the late Omar Mukhtar, an elderly rebel who spent the last two decades of his life struggling against European colonialism and specifically Italian Fascism in Libya. Note that some of the characters in this dramatization (like Sandrini) are fictional, but almost certainly had numerous real‐life analogues.

As long as you can tolerate depictions of warfare, there is no better gift that you could give me than merely watching this film. I cannot recommend it highly enough.

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[–] redtea@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Going to have to watch this now. Thanks for the recommendation.

Edit: watched it. Incredible film. Western school children should have to watch it. Unfortunately, children in much of the rest of the world would probably find it a bit too close to home.