Where to Watch General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (1976) in the US

What it's about

Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait 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 Secretary General of the United Nations sent in response to the 1972 Munich massacre, which commended Hitler, is touched upon. On a TV program, it is announced Amin is in possession of a 'manual' which details Israel's plans: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.

Cast and crew

Director

Barbet Schroeder

Writer

Barbet Schroeder

Starring

Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir

Details

Release date

Aug 30, 1976

Language

English, Swahili, French

Country

France, Switzerland

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