Idi Amin Part 5: Husband, Father, Movie Star
Real Dictators
General Iddiamine - A Self-Portrait
General Iddiamine is the only mass murdering dictator to have his work screened at Cannes Film Festival. He enlists acclaimed director Barbette Schroeder to make a fly on the wall documentary about him. This French-produced film will present his human face, the softer side. In one scene he leads his army on a chaotic training exercise in the Ugandan scrub as they prepare to evict the Israelis from the Golan Heights. The movie also features Amine speaking to camera, expounding his international philosophies.
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