General Idi Amin Dada : a self portrait / Barbet Schroeder; Idi Amin; Figaro Films,; Mara Films (Firm),; TV Recontre (Firm). Videorecording.
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TextSeries: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs). 153.; Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)Publication details: [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2002. ©2002 ©1974Description: 1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold out booklet (8 pages, illustrated, 19 cm)Other title: - Barbet Schroeder's General Idi Amin Dada
- DT433.26.A54
- Camera, Nestor Almendros ; editor, Denise de Casabianca ; music, Idi Amin Dada.
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| Judith Thomas Library Audio-Visuals | Audio-Visual | HB58 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | AV188 | Available |
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.
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.