Elokuva kertoo vuonna 1976 tapahtuneesta lentokonekaappauksesta, jossa palestiinalaisten vankien vapauttamista vaatineet kaappaajat pakottivat Tel Avivista Pariisiin matkanneen Air France -lentoyhtiön matkustajalentokoneen laskeutumaan Entebben lentokentälle Ugandaan. Tämä synnytti uhkarohkean pelastusoperaation, joka muistetaan edelleen. Operaatio Entebbe oli Israelin puolustusvoimien erikoisjoukkojen suorittama hyökkäys, joka tapahtui heinäkuun 3. ja 4. päivän välisenä yönä vuonna 1976. Israelilaiset lähettivät Entebbeen erikoisjoukkoja, joiden tehtävänä oli pelastaa 103 siviiliä, joita Ugandan sotilasdiktaattori Idi Aminin tukemat terroristit pitivät panttivankeina lentoaseman terminaalin sisätiloissa. Operaatio on Israelin puolustusvoimien historian maineikkaimpia, ja se oli myös yksi ensimmäisistä terrorismin vastaisista erikoisoperaatioista.
Aminin uskomaton tarina kerrotaan Nicholas Garriganin silmin. Nuoresta skotista tulee epävakaan johtajan henkilökohtainen lääkäri johtuen Aminin yllättävästä intohimosta skotlannin kulttuuria kohtaan – tämä jopa julisti itsensä ”Skotlannin viimeiseksi kuninkaaksi”. Aminin karisman viettelemän ja hänen turmeltuneisuutensa sokaiseman Garriganin unelmaelämä muuttuu eläväksi painajaiseksi täynnä petollisuutta ja silkkaa hulluutta – josta ei ole pakotietä.
As a child living in Africa, Jill Young saw her mother killed while protecting wild gorillas from poachers led by Andrei Strasser. Now an adult, Jill cares for an orphaned gorilla named Joe -- who, due to a genetic anomaly, is 15 feet tall. When Gregg O'Hara arrives from California and sees the animal, he convinces Jill that Joe would be safest at his wildlife refuge. But Strasser follows them to the U.S., intent on capturing Joe for himself.
Tämä mukaansatempaava dokumentti kuvaa Bobi Winen epätodennäköistä nousua. Poptähdestä tuli poliitikko, joka pyrkii lopettamaan Ugandan julman diktatuurin.
Years after her Indian family was forced to flee their home in Uganda, twentysomething Mina finds herself helping to run a motel in the faraway land of Mississippi. It's there that a passionate romance with the charming Black carpet cleaner Demetrius challenges the prejudices of their conservative families and exposes the rifts between the region's Indian and African American communities.
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..
The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
Hugo Winter, a roguish American drug smuggler, travels to Uganda in an attempt to export a large amount of Bulu, a sacred herb that grants the user visions of their future. Upon arriving in Kampala, he soon discovers that his only means of achieving this is through two sisters with competing agendas, born-again Kisakye and rebellious Angela, who come from the remote village of Makaana where the Bulu is grown. As they lead Hugo deeper into the jungle and further into their web of deceit, it is unclear if his drug-addled prophecies are helping his quest or clouding his future.
For over 18 years a civil war in northern Uganda has dragged on almost completely unnoticed by the rest of the world. The rebels of the LRA ( Lord's Resistance Army) are waging a bloody guerilla campaign. They abduct children and conscript them as soldiers, forcing them to kill their own people. The film Lost Children documents the lives of four children, from 8 to 14 years old, who successfully escaped the LRA. They return home to be branded as killers. Will they ever forget? Will they be forgiven? Can you ever be a child again after being a soldier?
A mild-mannered doctor is trained in the art of ass-kicking commando vengeance by a no-nonsense ghetto kid in an effort to regain a family heirloom from Uganda’s toughest gang.
Three children living in a displacement camp in northern Uganda compete in their country's national music and dance festival.
What is possible when we have guaranteed money to meet our basic needs? No requirements. No stipulations. No paybacks. We look to the village of Busibi to discover what’s possible when we give money directly to people. No strings attached. The answer lies in the residents’ personal stories. Their successes and tribulations illustrate the impact of one of the most daring projects in contemporary development cooperation. Their life stories unexpectedly prove to be all too familiar. They make us laugh. They move us. Blending in together, they create a colorful and poetic reality portrait, illustrating the big consequences of a small sum of money …
The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
As word spreads that there is a serial killer at large who continues to commit murder, an off-duty police officer must return an elderly witness who lives in a remote part of Uganda back to town. Along the way, the policeman gives a ride to an injured man. On the way to the city, the passenger tells the policeman the events that led him to end up injured in the middle of the road. But as we travel with these mysterious characters in the car, director Loukman Ali shows us that the stories they tell are only fragmentary and partial versions of the events that took place, and that perhaps there are truths buried beneath each of their words.
Filmmaker Barbet Schroeder shows the Ugandan dictator meeting his Cabinet, reviewing his troops, explaining his ideology.
Jo 1990-luvun alkupuolella Ugandasta Ngogon alueelta alkoi kuulua kummia: kerrottiin tarinoita simpanssiyhteisöstä, jotka valtasi metsiä. Tutkijat ovat nyt seuranneet ja kuvanneet tuota yhteisöä yli 20 vuoden ajan ja todenneet sen olevan poikkeuksellisen raaka sekä valtarakenteeltaan hierarkinen ja monimutkainen. Simpanssien käytös muistuttaa suorastaan sodankäyntiä.
Shikha Samuel (Rima Killingal) and Jayakrishnan (Vijay Babu) have eloped and made Uganda their home with the help of Advocate Firoz (Mukesh), who is practising law there. The couple is leading a happy life with a girl child of their own. Jayakrishnan is employed as a manager in a coffee shop and Shikha runs a designer boutique of her own. The tranquillity of their life is shattered when Shikha is arrested on the charges of committing two murders, one of the victim is the daughter of the local Mayor, who has pledged to keep her in jail for the rest of her life.
This documentary explores the history of Canada’s first major migration of non-European and non-white refugees who arrived in 1972 when Ugandan President Idi Amin expelled all South Asians from the country. Their story of struggle and hope became part of Canada’s conversations about refugees and cultural pluralism, and informed the Canadian response to future refugee movements.
At the Munich Olympics of 1972, John Akii Bua, from the impoverished African country of Uganda, powered round the inside lane in the 400m hurdles, past the English favourite, and reigning Olympic Champion David Hemery, to win the gold medal, 10m clear of the field. John Akii Bua had become the first African to win gold in an event under 800 metres. He was also the first man to break the 48 seconds barrier in the 400 metre hurdles, an event so gruelling its nickname is 'The Mankiller'. This is the story about that amazing triumph - and what happened next. David Hemery retired to respectable fame and fortune, later becoming president of the UK's athletics federation. John Akii Bua returned to a Uganda carving the name of its military "President", Idi Amin, into genocidal notoriety. This is a film about the pinnacle of athletic achievement - and the search to discover what followed.
The interactive roadmovie follows the trail of a convicted war criminal with ties to Switzerland. On a journey through contemporary Rwanda, the viewer decides how deeply he wants to immerse himself in the story.