"A self portrait." 29 May 1974 Factual 90 mins
Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.
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France 29 May 1974
Netherlands 30 January 1975
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