'' General Idi Amin Dada : A Self Portrait '' ( ) is a 1974 documentary film by French director Barbet Schroeder with English dialogue . It was made with the support and participation of its subject , the Ugandan dictator Idi Amin . The film depicts Amin at the height of his power as the ruler of Uganda . The film is an extended character study of its subject . It follows Amin closely in a series of formal and informal settings , combined with several short interviews in which Amin expounds his unconventional theories of politics , economics , and international relations . Amin is seen supervising the Ugandan paratrooper school , boating through a wildlife park , playing the accordion in a jazz band at a formal dinner , and staging a mock assault on a small hill representing the Golan Heights . He discusses his plans for an attack on Israel , and his letter to Kurt Waldheim , then Secretary General of the United Nations sent in response to the 1972 Munich massacre , which commended Hitler , is touched upon . On TV , it is announced Amin is in possession of a ' manual ' which details Israel 's plans : '' The Protocols of the Elders of Zion ''
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General Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portrait