Idi Amin Dada: A Self Portraitis an extended character study of its subject. It follows Amin closely in aseries of formal and informal settings, combined with several short interviewsin which Amin expounds his unconventional theories of politics, economics, andinternational relations. Amin is seen supervising the Ugandan paratrooperschool, boating through a wildlife park, playing the accordion in a jazz bandat a formal dinner, and staging a mock assault on a small hill representing theGolan Heights. He discusses his plans for an attack on Israel, and his letterto Kurt Waldheim, then Secretary General of the United Nations sent in responseto the 1972 Munich massacre, which commended Hitler, is touched upon. On a TVprogram, it is announced Amin is in possession of a 'manual' which detailsIsrael's plans: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.