General idi amin dada self portrait

1974 French film

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (French: Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait) is a 1974 documentary film by French director Barbet Schroeder with English dialogue. It was made with the support and participation of its subject, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.

The film depicts Amin at the height of his power as the ruler of Uganda.

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Synopsis

The film is an extended character study of its subject. It follows Amin closely in a series of formal and informal settings, combined with several short interviews in which Amin expounds his unconventional theories of politics, economics, and international relations. Amin is seen supervising the Ugandan paratrooper school, boating through a wildlife park, playing the accordion in a jazz band at a formal dinner, and staging a mock assault on a small hill representing the Golan Heights.

He discusses his plans for an attack on Israel, and his letter to Kurt Waldheim, then Sec General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait : Barbet Schroeder ... ZAF