Key Guy Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 Idi Amin subject of new movie. What is truth? From the Salem, OR, Statesman Journal Full text: http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070222/LIFE/702220302/1059 Quote: "The Last King of Scotland" is up for several Oscars -- including best actor for Forest Whitaker's portrayal of Idi Amin -- and the charismatic, brutal former ruler of Uganda who died in 2003 is in the news again. The movie is based on the 1998 novel by Giles Foden, which was named for one of the many grandiose titles Amin bestowed upon himself. But neither the book nor the film come close to illuminating the horror of life in Uganda under Amin's reign, a Keizer couple said. "My problem is that people who read the book or see the film may not be able to separate fact from fiction," said Jean Sequeira, who, with her husband, Jack, served as a missionary for the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in the countryside near Kampala, Uganda, from 1965 to 1972. The Sequeiras learned the truth firsthand. In 1972, Jack and Jean Sequeira were expelled from the country at gunpoint on one of Idi Amin's whims. Quote
Administrators Gail Posted February 22, 2007 Administrators Posted February 22, 2007 My husband saw this one. He told me it is another one of those Africa movies that I shouldn't view... It is beyond my comprehension, the way some humans live. How on earth do they get to the point of pure evil and cold violence? Quote Isaiah 32:17 And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
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