City College of San Francisco General Idi Amin Dada Analysis Essay

• What is the subject and purpose of the film?
• Does the film aim to be objective or does it relate the filmmaker’s personal story and/or point of view?
• How is the film structured? Does it lead you to a particular conclusion about or interpretation of the film’s subject?
• Does the film present evidence for an argument or truth claim using any of these devices: suggestive graphics, voice-of-God narration, talking-head segments, and the sampling or compiling of film clips from other documentary sources? Does the evidence support the claims? Are there any flaws in the argument?

Général Idi Amin Dada – Apresentação por Barbet Schroeder (Links to an external site.)

Available streaming at Kanopy (Links to an external site.)

https://www.kanopy.com/s?query=General%20Idi%20Ami…

For a short concise description of the film, read https://www.criterion.com/films/545-general-idi-amin-dada-a-self-portrait (Links to an external site.)

For a short essay about the film, see https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/202-general-idi-amin-dada