General Idi Amin Dada

General Idi Amin Dada (1974)

May 29th, 19741h 30min

Documentary
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Overview

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


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