It was made with the support and participation of its subject, the ugandan dictator idi amin. Idi amin, in full idi amin dada oumee, born 192425, koboko, ugandadied august 16, 2003, jiddah, saudi arabia, military officer and president 197179 of uganda whose regime was noted for the sheer scale of its brutality. Deserted by his father at an early age, he was brought up by his mother, an herbalist and diviner. Popularly known as the butcher of uganda, he is considered one of the cruellest despots in world history. A revelatory tugofwar between subject and filmmaker, general idi amin dada. In 1974, barbet schroeder went to uganda to make a film about idi amin, the countrys ruthless. It details the controversial actions and atrocities of the former dictator of uganda, idi amin dada, during his violent rise to power in 1971 until his overthrow in 1979 as the result of the ugandatanzania war. The film was directed by a french citizen, barbet schroeder whose credits as a producer include all six of eric rohmers moral. Field marshal alhajji idi amin dada yomu ku ba president ba uganda abajjukirwa ennyo mu myaka ataano egiyise. The rise and fall, is a 1981 biographical film directed by sharad patel and starring joseph olita as idi amin. Amin was famous for sending all asians, mainly from india and pakistan, out of uganda.
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. Amin was a member of the kakwa ethnic group, a small islamic tribe that had settled in the region. Idi amin dada oumee was born in the rural village of koboko, uganda, in 1923, a member of the kakwa tribe. Amin yekiikirira bulungi nnyo ku ludda olulungi nolubi. The evil reign of idi amin full documentary idi amin dada c. May, 2019 idi amin dada oumee was born around 1923 near koboko, in the west nile province of what is now the republic of uganda. The british were glad to get rid of obote, a socialist who was not aligned with their own political and economic interests. Idi amin dada, fodd cirka 1925 a i uganda, dod 16 augusti 2003 i jeddah i saudiarabien, var en ugandisk militar som var ugandas president och diktator 19711979. General idi amin dada a self portrait is exactly that.
Algumas fontes a situam entre 1923 e 1925, outras apontam o dia. He was originally a former boxer in the army who rose to the rank of colonel. In 1974, barbet schroeder went to uganda to make a film about idi amin, the countrys ruthless, charismatic dictator. Amin was born in either koboko or kampala to a kakwa father and lugbara mother. The film depicts amin at the height of his power as the ruler of uganda. Kadongo kamu to remember katwebaze idi amin dada okuza enjole ya muteesa. Ukazkova zmes excentrickej zovialnosti a psychopatickeho sadizmu. Huh, never knew that idi amin dada had forrest whitaker eye. Idi amin dada circa 1925 august 16, 2003 was president of uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin seized power in a military coup in 1971, ruled over uganda for eight years. General idi amin dada letterboxd social film discovery. Rise and fall of idi amin was a coproduction of the united kingdom, kenya, and nigeria, with most of filming done in kenya, less than a year after amins downfall. Once there he soon meets up with the new president, idi amin, who promises a golden age for the african nation. We know that the nations entire asian community was stripped of its possessions and deported.
The president of tanzania at the time, julius nyerere, invaded uganda to save the country from amin. Idi amin the worlds worst dictators in history part former dictator idi amin ruled for eight years as president and atrocities epidemic fiercely on the people. In the early 1970s nicholas garrigan, a young semiidealistic scottish doctor, comes to uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Schroeder goes where amin says and when amin says, and after the film was finished, amin. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern uganda. A self portrait 1974, rise and fall of idi amin 1980 and the last king of scotland 2006. With james mcavoy, forest whitaker, gillian anderson, kerry washington. Idi amin was a ugandan military officer and politician. Idi amin joined the kings african rifles in 1946, and soon developed a bad reputation for his treatment of detainees. Many are familiar with the portrayal of idi amin by forest whitaker in the 2006 film the last king of scotland, a venture that effectively conveyed the brutal dictator. Based on the events of the brutal ugandan dictator idi amins regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s. The most controversial film of the year about the man behind entebbe.
I suggested that idi amin dada isnt a very good documentary. Based on the events of the brutal ugandan dictator idi amin s regime as seen by his personal physician during the 1970s. Idi amin 19232003 idi amin dada oumee was born in the rural village of koboko, uganda, in 1923, a member of the kakwa tribe. Idi amin dada 17 august 1925 16 august 2003 was a repressive dictator of the african country of uganda. In 1971 he launched a coup that ousted president milton obote from power. He is estimated to have tortured, killed, or imprisoned somewhere between 100,000 and 500,000 of his opponents. Amin je stupio u britansku vojsku, u odred po imenu kraljevski africki strelci 1946. Striking and uncomfortably lighthearted, general idi amin dada. 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. Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern uganda, amin received a scant. The last king of scotland movie clip idi speaks 2006 hd.
Raised in the isolated farming country of northwestern uganda, amin received a scant education which left him functionally illiterate. A selfportrait is a landmark in the art of documentary and an appalling study of egotism in power. Preuzeo je vlast vojnim pucem januara 1971, zbacivsi sa vlasti miltona obotea. Kadongo kamu to remember katwebaze idi amin dada okuza enjole ya muteesa by munnabulemeezi omulyannaka owemmamba. The film was directed by a french citizen, barbet schroeder whose credits as a producer include all six of eric rohmers moral tales which consider human personalities radically removed from amins. The president of tanzania at the time, julius nyerere, invaded uganda to save the country from amin amin was famous for sending all asians, mainly from india and pakistan, out of uganda. Idi amin was the president of uganda between 25 jan 1971 to april 1979, and he is widely considered one of the most brutal leaders in the history of the world. A self portrait, amin discussed his plans for war against israel, using paratroops, bombers, and suicide squadrons. In 1946 he joined the kings african rifles kar of the british colonial army. He threw them out because he believed they were taking the jobs of ugandans. In 1971 he overthrew the elected government of milton obote and declared himself president of uganda, launching a ruthless eightyear regime.
He rose through the ranks and staged a military coup in 1971. Autoportrait is a 1974 documentary film by french director barbet schroeder with english dialogue. During the second world war, at the age of 18, he enlisted in the british army in the east. The chronicle of ugandan dictator idi amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979. Idi amin, ditador da uganda, o terror da africa youtube. It follows amin closely in a series of formal and informal settings, combined with several short interviews in which amin.
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. Much to his surprise, the vain amin thought this was a great idea, and gave schroeder free rein to film himbut only under amins own direction, of course. A self portrait is an extended character study of its subject. 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. In 1971 he overthrew the elected government of milton obote and declared himself president of uganda, launching a.
In the 1974 frenchproduced documentary film general idi amin dada. Sep 26, 2012 field marshal alhajji idi amin dada yomu ku ba president ba uganda abajjukirwa ennyo mu myaka ataano egiyise. The end result was not what amin had expected and what came out was not propaganda, although amin thought it was. I knew idi amin 04 feb 08 part 2 repeat by al jazeera english. Schroeder and his crew, including the great european cameraman nestor alamendros, went to uganda in 1974 with a simple offer. Olita also played amin in the 1991 film mississippi masala. Amin fled to libya, before relocating to saudi arabia in 1981, where he died in 2003.
With joseph olita, thomas baptiste, leonard trolley, geoffrey keen. Idi amin simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Idi amin was known for coming to power as president of uganda in a coup in 1971, for.
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