GENERAL IDI AMIN DADA: SELF-PORTRAITCriterion Collection, $25.49AT ONE POINT, he was the world's deadliest clown. Idi Amin was the jovial, baby-faced psych ...

Made in 1974, when Amin was at the height of his power and notoriety, General Idi Amin Dada (newly reissued on video with several other early Schroeder works) is so reliant upon the participation ...

It's the man himself in General Idi Amin Dada, French filmmaker Barbet Schroeder's remarkable 1974 portrait. The documentary, now available on DVD from the Criterion Collection, ...

‘General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait’ is a film that shows the devil in every authoritarian leader The 1974 documentary was filmed with the Ugandan dictator’s co-operation, but he wasn ...

The resulting movie, Barbet Schroeder’s General Idi Amin Dada (which was released last year on DVD by Criterion), is a devastating look at despotism in action and a riveting, and strangely ...

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self-Portrait follows Amin through rallies, military maneuvers, and other displays of Ugandan might and pride, all of which were planned especially for the cameras. Amin even ...

General Idi Amin Dada (Autoportrait) A timely re-release in the wake of Forest Whitaker’s Oscar as Amin in The Last King Of Scotland, this documentary makes a strong companion piece, ...

Idi Amin Dada was born in Uganda's west Nile province of Koboko. ... With independence, he made a rapid rise to major general and then was chief of the general staff before leading the 1971 coup.

Idi Amin. Latest; Search. Search. Clear this text input. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown. In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence.

I got someone, very efficient, very active and ingenious, whom I am going to entrust with the responsibility of revolutionising my Army,"said President Milton Obote of Uganda. The venue was the ...

Idi Amin. Latest; Search. Search. Clear this text input. Paul Theroux Recalls a Fear-Filled Lockdown. In 1966, the writer was in Uganda at a time of curfew and violence.