Ugggh, what a terrible time to not be in New York!
BAM has a special screening of the 1974 documentary General Idi Amin Dada by French director Barbet Schroeder. If you saw the outstanding filmLast King of Scotland, you have to see this movie. The controversial dictator worked in full cooperation with the director to commit this portrait to film; the result (a brief glimpse inside his mind) is both engrossing and terrifying.
Schroeder will be present for a Q&A session following the 6:50 PM screening on Saturday night.
If you don't want to take my word for how good this documentary is, Slate has a great review of the film here.
BAM will also be screening his new film, Inju: The Beast in the Shadows. Schroeder will discuss that film after the Friday evening screening.
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