Autoportrait is a 1974 documentary film by french director barbet schroeder with english dialogue. Popularly known as the butcher of uganda, he is considered one of the cruelest despots in world history. The documentary depicts amin in a variety of settings, both formal and informal. A self portrait is a francoswiss film about the notorious ugandan dictator, and it was made with his cooperation and support. Amin promised a return to civilian government in five years. The general led a military coup while the president was out of the country attending the commonwealth conference in singapore. For those of us growing up in the 1970s he was an almost weekly staple of the nightly news, for one outrageous stunt or another, as well as the fact that he engineered a genocide of nearly half a million people in a nation of only ten million, yet it somehow captures one, and. Documentario, realizado pelo diretor frances barbet schroeder. Idi amin ousts uganda president general idi amin has seized power from president milton obote, the man who led uganda to independence in 1962. Schroeder just turns the camera on and lets amin dictate the itinerary. Forest whitakers performance as reallife megalomaniac dictator idi amin powers this fictionalized political thriller, a blunt and brutal tale about power and corruption.
Idi amin celebre pour les mauvaises raisons youtube. Emperor bokassa, another army sergeant gone wrong, in central africa. General idi amin dada a self portrait is exactly that. Idi amin, military officer and president 197179 of uganda whose regime was noted for the sheer scale of its brutality, earning him the nickname the butcher of uganda. General idi amin dada 1974 barbet schroeder synopsis.
Striking and uncomfortably lighthearted, general idi amin dada. General idi amin dada is presented in a full frame transfer, as intended. May, 2019 amin s brutal reign has been the subject of numerous books, documentaries, and dramatic films, including ghosts of kampala, the last king of scotland, and general idi amin dada. His excellency president for life, field marshal al hadji doctor idi amin, vc, dso, mc, cbe, lord of all the beasts of the earth and fishes of the sea, and conqueror of the british empire in africa in general and uganda in particular, in the early 1970s.
I was pleased with the image found here, though some flaws do surface, as is to expected. Idi amins coup was widely welcomed, as there was hope that the country would finally be unified. He came to power following a coup and was eventually forced out of office. The film, which opens today at the cinerama and other theaters, is not to be confused with barbet schroeders brilliant documentary general idi amin dada, which mr. We know that thousands of ugandans have been executed under his reign. And yet here he is playing a concertina at a hotel dance, and lecturing the nations doctors against drunkenness, and theres a sort of charismatic charm. The film is an extended character study of its subject. Idi amin the road from a boxing champion to a dictatorship.
Africans, atrocities, idi amin dada henry kissinger 2 by rmm4c. Idi amin celebrates 5th anniversary of coup which brought. A self portrait dionysus67 thoroughly original in its inception and disarmingly elegant in execution, this is immanent critque at its best, with amin dada deconstructing himself, his cabinet and the tragic figures of toy soldiers waiting to be butchered. General amin predicts obama presidency by christopwo. I dont know their names, and i dont want to hurt their privacy, but id want to meet them. Schroeder goes where amin says and when amin says, and after the film was finished, amin demanded a number of cuts that portrayed him in an. Voir amin film streaming vf complet streaming film en francais, voir amin film streaming vf complet regardez tout le film sans limitation, diffusez en streaming en qualite optimale voir amin film streaming vf complet, streaming films et series tv 1080p complet vostfr avec sous titre en francais. He had little formal education and joined the kings african rifles under the british colonial army in 1946. The folks at criterion have cleaned up the print a lot, but some lingering defects remain, though nothing serious enough to be worried about. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971, ruled over uganda for eight years, and imprisoned or killed at least 100,000 of his opponents. General idi amin dada the current the criterion collection. Popularly known as the butcher of uganda, he is considered one of the cruelest despots in african history. On the surface, dada is pretty uneventful, as schroeder. General idi amin dada 1974 the movie database tmdb.
Watch general idi amin dada online 1974 movie yidio. Autoportrait dionysus67 thoroughly original in its inception and disarmingly elegant in execution, this is immanent critque at its best, with amin dada deconstructing himself, his cabinet and the tragic figures of toy soldiers waiting to be butchered. Idi amin was the most flamboyant of a group of african dictators i covered during that turbulent period. A selfportrait is a shocking, personal documentary focusing on the uprising and at the time current dictatorial hold on uganda that the film s eponymous man held, leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent and religious civilians. Amin joined the kings african rifles kar of the british colonial army in 1946. A revelatory tugofwar between subject and filmmaker, general idi amin dada. His excellency president for life, field marshal al hadji. Prior to this war, relations between julius nyerere and idi amin dada had become severely strained after julius nyerere offered. It was made with the support and participation of its subject, the ugandan dictator idi amin.
We know that the nations entire asian community was stripped of its possessions and deported. In the 1940s amin was recruited by a british colonial army officer. Made in 1974, when amin was at the height of his power and notoriety, general idi amin dada newly reissued on video with several other early schroeder works is so reliant upon the participation and consent of its subject that its credits only halfjokingly bill it as a selfportrait. In this documentary, schroeder and his crew travel to uganda to. A selfportrait is a landmark in the art of documentary and an appalling study of egotism in power. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern uganda, amin received a scant education which left him functionally illiterate. Amin promised a return to civilian government in five years, but. One of the myths linked with idi amin is that he was a cannibal. Some of the victims of the idi amin regime recovered by local farmers in the fertile fields of the luwero triangle region north of the ugandan capital of kampala in 1987. The film depicts amin at the height of his power as the ruler of uganda. Several western nations, including britain, who feared the spread of communism, were also relieved at obotes overthrow.
My father idi amin dada always spoke about having twins in israel from an israeli mother. Feito com o apoio e participacao no argumento, do ditador africano idi amin, a producao mostra amin na plenitude do poder em uganda. Idi amin dada oumee was born in the rural village of koboko, uganda, in 1923, a member of the kakwa tribe. Made with the full support and participation of the infamous dictator, general idi amin dada provides a candid and disturbing portrait of one of the 20th centurys most notorious figures. In march 1979, idi amin flees to his homeland, and in april is deposed as president of uganda, ending his regime. General idi amin dada 1974 cast and crew moviefone. In 1974, barbet schroeder went to uganda to make a film about idi amin, the countrys ruthless, charismatic dictator. Among the invited guests were president mobutu sese seko. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern uganda, amin received a scant. Ugandan dictator idi amin dada was but a distant irritation to everyone but his own countrymen and the british empire until his perfidy became headline material in the early 70s. March 22, 2012 links international journal of socialist renewal the reception in uganda to the kony 2012 viral video has been unanimously.
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