Idi Amin

Idi Amin-his letterhead of self-appointed titles and chest full of medals spoke of an all-consuming lust for power. His decade-long rule left his country in a shambles. Idi Amin was a tyrant, pure and simple. He was interested in glory, power, money and punishing those who might oppose him. His boorish antics in the international community - he advised the Queen of England on protocol and told Golda Meir to pack her knickers - earned him near-universal derision. But at home he was nothing to smirk at - an estimated 300,000 Ugandans were killed and the economy destroyed during his rule. IDI AMIN profiles the leader whose name has become synonymous with misrule and whose long shadow still hampers Africa's efforts to join the modern world. Follow him from childhood and his meteoric rise in the British Colonial Army to his eventual ousting by Tanzanian forces and Ugandan rebels. Chilling testimony from victims recalls the horrors of his time in power, while archival interviews with the dictator himself offer insights into his misguided mind. USA, 1998, B&W/Color, 50 minutes.

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Idi Amin
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