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29/05/1974 Documentary 1h 30m
70
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A self portrait.

Overview

Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.

  1. Barbet Schroeder

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Idi Amin

    Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)

  2. Fidel Castro

    Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

  3. Golda Meir

    Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by adorablepanic
Written by adorablepanic on 2020-04-18
Director Barbet Schroeder's 1974 documentary GENERAL IDI AMIN DADA [A SELF PORTRAIT] may be the ultimate realization of the phrase 'give 'em enough rope.' Schroeder just turns the camera on and lets Amin dictate the itinerary. In addition to endless parades involving his obviously strapped-for-resources military (one sequence finds paratroopers training with a metal playground slide while onlookers laugh uproariously), we also catch the dictator trying to (literally) talk to the animals; exhorting his government ministers to be more masculine; lecturing the hospitals' doctors on the importance...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
French

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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