General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait
Cover of The Criterion Collection DVD release
Directed byBarbet Schroeder
Written byBarbet Schroeder
Produced byJean-François Chauvel
Charles-Henri Favrod
Jean-Pierre Rassam
StarringIdi Amin
CinematographyNéstor Almendros
Edited byDenise de Casabianca
Music byIdi Amin
Distributed byLe Figaro Films
Mara Films
TV Recontre
Release dates
  • 22 May 1974 (1974-05-22) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • 5 April 1975 (1975-04-05) (NYFF)
  • 30 August 1976 (1976-08-30) (U.S.)
Running time
90 min
CountriesFrance
Switzerland
LanguagesEnglish
French

General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait (French: Général Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait) is a 1974 documentary film by French director Barbet Schroeder with English dialogue. It was made with the support and participation of its subject, the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. The film depicts Amin at the height of his power as the ruler of Uganda.

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