Where to watch Idi Amin in the UK
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Idi Amin Dada (30 May 1928 – 16 August 2003) was a military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Amin joined the British colonial regiment, the King's African Rifles, in 1946, and eventually held the rank of Major General and Commander of the Ugandan Army before taking power in the military coup of January 1971, deposing Milton Obote. He later promoted himself to Field Marshal while he was the head of state. Amin's rule was characterized by human rights abuse, political repression, ethnic persecution, extrajudicial killings, nepotism, corruption, and gross economic mismanagement.…
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- Basketball: A Love Story (2018) as Self (archive footage)
- World in Action (1963) Cast
- How to Become a Tyrant (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Christmas Karma (2025) as Self (archive footage, uncredited)
- General Idi Amin Dada (1974) as Himself (as Idi Amin Dada)
- Dictator: One Crazy Job (2013) as Self (archive footage)
- Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977) as Self (archive footage)
- A Life Among Elephants (2024) as Self (archive footage)
- Un siècle d'écrivains (1995) Cast
- Thrown into Canada (2022) Cast
- How to Stage a Coup (2017) Cast
- How to Be Foreign Secretary (1998) as Self (archive footage)
- Året var 1972 (2021) as Self (archive footage)
- Aikamme uskomuksia - ei ainoastaan leivästä (1973) as Himself, president of Uganda (archive footage)
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Most-watched Idi Amin films currently: Christmas Karma (2025), General Idi Amin Dada (1974), Dictator: One Crazy Job (2013), Urgent ou à quoi bon exécuter des projets puisque le projet est en lui-même une jouissance suffisante (1977), A Life Among Elephants (2024).
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Selected TV credits: Basketball: A Love Story (2018), World in Action (1963), How to Become a Tyrant (2021), Un siècle d'écrivains (1995).
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