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General Idi Amin Dada : a self portrait / Videorecording. Barbet Schroeder's General Idi Amin Dada Barbet Schroeder; Idi Amin; Figaro Films,; Mara Films (Firm),; TV Recontre (Firm). - [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2002. ©2002 ©1974 - 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold out booklet (8 pages, illustrated, 19 cm) - Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs), 153.; Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) .

Originally released in France as an English language film in 1974, with French subtitles. This re-release has English dialogue with French credits and without subtitles.
Includes a 2001 interview with Barbet Schroeder, and a timeline of Ugandan history.
Booklet includes documentation of Idi Amin's requested cuts to the film and an essay by David Ehrenstein.
"The classic collection, a joint venture between Home Vision Cinema and Janus Films"--Container.

Camera, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Denise de Casabianca ; music, Idi Amin Dada. Camera, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Denise de Casabianca ; music, Idi Amin Dada.

n 1974 a film crew followed Idi Amin Dada, dictator of Uganda, interviewing him and filming him as he worked. Provides a candid portrait of a notorious figure.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Amin, Idi,--1925-2003.
Uganda --1971-1979. --History
Uganda --1971-1979. --Politics and government

LC Class. No.: DT433.26.A54