This year in view of the current political climate and the ongoing genocide in Palestine we are marking the 80th Anniversary of the victory of Italian Resistance over fascism with the film about another resistance to settler colonialism, the resistance to Italian colonialism in Libya.

The Lion of the Desert

FREE EVENT

When: Wednesday, 23 Apr, 2025

Dinner* 6pm Film 7- 10pm

Where: Gumbramorra Hall, Addi Rd Community Centre, Addison Rd Marrickville.

Lion of the Desert

1929, Italian Fascist dictator Benito Mussolini appoints General Rodolfo Graziani as colonial governor to Italian Libya with orders to stamp-out all resistance from Libyan nationalists led by rebel guerrilla leader Omar Mukhtar.
Directed by: Mustafa Akkad
Starring: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger

Lion of the Desert (alternative titles: Omar Mukhtar and Omar Mukhtar: Lion of the Desert) is a 1981 epic historical war film about the Second Italo-Senussi War, starring Anthony Quinn as Libyan tribal leader Omar Mukhtar, a Bedouin leader fighting the Regio Esercito (Royal Italian Army), and Oliver Reed as Italian General Rodolfo Graziani, who defeated Mukhtar. It was directed by Syrian-American director Moustapha Akkad and funded by the Libyan government under Muammar Gaddafi

The film was banned in Italy in 1982 and was only shown on pay TV in 2009.

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Dinner* at 6pm: Join us for a free dinner at Addi Rd’s regular Wednesday Night Lights

Donations welcome for Addi Rd and Gaza refugees