General Idi Amin Dada : A Self Portrait / a film by Barbet Schroeder ; produced by Jean-Pierre Rassam & Charles-Henri Favrod ; a production of Le Figaro, Mara Films, TV Rencontre.
Edition:
Director-approved DVD special edition.
Publisher:
Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold out booklet
Originally produced as a documentary film in 1974; previously released on DVD by The Criterion Collection in 2002. Special features: interviews from 2001 and 2017 with Schroeder; new interview with journalist and author Andrew Rice about Idi Amin's regime.
Summary:
A dark documentary of the self-styled dictator of Uganda providing a disturbing portrait of one of the 20th century's most notorious figures.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.