General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait

1974 · M · History

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.

Directed by: Barbet Schroeder

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