Name: General Idi Amin Dada
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1974
Rating: 77
Cast: Idi Amin, Fidel Castro, Golda Meir

About

A self portrait.

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

DNA

Genres: Biographical Documentary
Mood: UncomfortableInformativeThought-ProvokingDisturbingCynical
Themes: Moral AmbiguityPropagandaAbuse Of PowerDictatorshipCharismatic Leadership
Plot: Cult Of PersonalityAuthoritarian RuleIdeology PresentationMilitary ParadesPolitical MeetingsGovernment PropagandaPropaganda TacticsCharismatic Dictatorship
Pacing: Episodic Structure
Narrative: Real-Time Narrative
Dialog: Rhetorical QuestionsPhilosophical DiscussionsPolitical Speech
Character Types: Military GeneralDictatorPolitician
Time: 1970sUganda
Place: Military BarracksPresidential Palace
Cinematic Style: Handheld Camera WorkDocumentary Style
Costume and Set: Military UniformsPresidential Office

No sequels or prequels available

Directed by:

Barbet Schroeder, Néstor Almendros

Written by:

Barbet Schroeder

Produced by:

Jean-François Chauvel, Jean-Pierre Rassam, Charles-Henri Favrod

Idi Amin

Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)

Fidel Castro

Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Golda Meir

Herself (archive footage) (uncredited)

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