General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (Criterion Collection) (1974) France, Switzerland
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Borrowed By:
Daniel Centeno
Borrowed On:
2020-02-06
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Director:Barbet Schroeder
Studio:Le Figaro
Rating:7.4 (1,548 votes)
Rated:Not Rated
Date Added:2019-12-11
Genre:Documentary
IMDb:0071544
Duration:92
Aspect Ratio:1.37 : 1
Sound:Mono
Languages:English, Swahili, French
LAC code:4000101392
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Barbet Schroeder  ...  (Director)
  ...  (Writer)
 
Idi Amin  ...  Himself
Summary: Uganda's dictator, General Idi Amin Dada, accepts a foreign crew's request to interview and film him. He talks to the camera about his outreach to Arab nations, his goal of eradicating Israel, his views on economic policy, and his views of Nixon, Kissinger, and other world leaders. We also see him dressing down his ministers at a cabinet meeting (two weeks after this meeting, the foreign minister, whom Amin criticizes here, is murdered), supervising a war-game simulation of an invasion of Israel, visiting a village, and addressing a conclave of Ugandan physicians.