Review of Historical Film: Lion of the Desert

Lion of the Desert is a 1981 historical war film directed and produced by Moustapha Akkad. This informal and brief film review covers some key strengths and weaknesses of the film, including historical inaccuracies presented and the possible causes of them. The film itself covers the story of Libyan spiritual leader and warrior Umar al-Mukhtar. This review was submitted on October 30, 2024 as part of the University of Michigan class "Islam 421: Sufism in Time and Space". The review is informal in nature and the citations do not conform precisely to MLA / APA formatting. This submission is not intended to serve as a final formal academic publishment or publication.