The John Akii Bua Story: An African Tragedy (2008)

Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), John Battsek (producer), Crispin Buxton (producer), Daniel Gordon (director), Daniel Gordon (writer), Daniel Gordon (producer), Andrew Ruhemann (producer), Heather Fenoughty (composer), Michael Wawuyo (miscellaneous crew), Michael Wawuyo (actor), Peter Haddon (editor), Richard Klein (producer), Richard Haines (miscellaneous crew), Peter Odeke (actor), David Moore (producer),

Plot: 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 John Akii Bua story: An African Tragedy' is the story of one man, and of Africa itself; its glory, potential - and tragedy.

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

Actors: Kerry Washington (actress), Gillian Anderson (actress), Matt Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Robert Easton (miscellaneous crew), Tessa Ross (producer), Cathy Doubleday (miscellaneous crew), Forest Whitaker (actor), James McAvoy (actor), Gero Brugmann (miscellaneous crew), Kevin Macdonald (director), David Oyelowo (actor), Peter Morgan (writer), Alex Heffes (composer), Andrea Calderwood (producer), Katherine Butler (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: In the early 1970s, Nicholas Garrigan, a young semi-idealistic Scottish doctor, comes to Uganda to assist in a rural hospital. Once there, he soon meets up with the new President, Idi Amin, who promises a golden age for the African nation. Garrigan hits it off immediately with the rabid Scotland fan, who soon offers him a senior position in the national health department and becomes one of Amin's closest advisers. However as the years pass, Garrigan cannot help but notice Amin's increasingly erratic behavior that grows beyond a legitimate fear of assassination into a murderous insanity that is driving Uganda into bloody ruin. Realizing his dire situation with the lunatic leader unwilling to let him go home, Garrigan must make some crucial decisions that could mean his death if the despot finds out.

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Simon (2004)

Actors: Bjarne Henriksen (actor), Bjarne Henriksen (actor), Anders Matthesen (actor), Søren Hauch-Fausbøll (actor), Louise Mieritz (actress), Grethe Mogensen (actress), Jimmy Jørgensen (actor), Jimmy Jørgensen (actor), Jimmy Jørgensen (actor), Morten Hauch-Fausbøll (actor), Jannie Høeg (actress), Morten Hauch-Fausbøll (actor), Nikolaj Cederholm (director), Nikolaj Cederholm (writer), Marie Tourell Søderberg (actress),

Plot: Comedy stage show portraying the legendary Danish multi-millionaire 'Simon Spies' (qv) who lived quite an unusual life in the 70's and 80's, filled with sex, ladies, booze, drugs, business, and airplanes. A man who constantly played around with the medias.

Ali (2001)

Actors: Bruce McGill (actor), Gailard Sartain (actor), Giancarlo Esposito (actor), Ted Levine (actor), Steven Randazzo (actor), Paul Rodriguez (actor), Michael Dorn (actor), LeVar Burton (actor), Jamie Foxx (actor), Barry Shabaka Henley (actor), Vincent De Paul (actor), Joe Morton (actor), Leon (actor), Will Smith (actor), Ron Silver (actor),

Plot: In 1964, a brash new pro boxer, fresh from his olympic gold medal victory, explodes on to the scene, Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self confidence with his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. To his credit, he sets out to prove that with his highly agile and forceful style soon making him a formidable boxer who soon claims the heavyweight championship. His personal life is no less noteworthy with his allegiance to the Nation of Islam, his friendship with the controversial Malcolm X and his abandonment of his slave name in favour of Muhammad Ali stirring up controversy. Yet, at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test with the military draft rules are changed, making him eligible for military induction during the Vietnam War. Despite the fact that he could easily agree to a sweetheart deal that would have meant an easy tour of duty for himself, Ali refuses to submit on principle to cooperate in an unjust war for a racist nation that treated his people so poorly. The cost of that stand is high as he finds himself unable to legally box in his own country while his case is contested in court. What follows is a battle for a man who would sacrifice so much for what he believes in and a comeback that would cement his legend as one of the great sports figures of all time.

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Mississippi Masala (1991)

Actors: Roshan Seth (actor), Anjan Srivastav (actor), Sharmila Tagore (actress), Mira Nair (director), Mira Nair (producer), Roberto Silvi (editor), Denzel Washington (actor), Mohan Agashe (actor), Sarita Choudhury (actress), Charles S. Dutton (actor), Mira Nair (actress), Lydia Dean Pilcher (producer), Sherrill Smith (miscellaneous crew), Ranjit Chowdhry (actor), Michael Nozik (producer),

Plot: An Indian family is expelled from Uganda when Idi Amin takes power. They move to Mississippi and time passes. The Indian daughter falls in love with a black man, and the respective families have to come to terms with it.

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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)

Actors: Nicholas Worth (actor), Robert K. Weiss (actor), Lawrence Tierney (actor), Curt Gowdy (actor), Leslie Nielsen (actor), O.J. Simpson (actor), Tim McCarver (actor), Joe Grifasi (actor), John Houseman (actor), Dick Enberg (actor), Ricardo Montalban (actor), George Kennedy (actor), Mel Allen (actor), Joyce Brothers (actress), 'Weird Al' Yankovic (actor),

Plot: A re-run of many of the gags from the original TV series 'Police Squad'. An Airplane type spoof, this time with the an incompetent lieutenant (Drebin) who always 'gets his man'. Visual gags come thick and fast, and it's impossible to catch them all with one viewing. The plot.. Queen Elizabeth II of England is coming to town, and Vincent Ludwig has plans to assassinate her using a brainwashed baseball player.

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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin (1981)

Actors: Jonathan Ross (actor), Keith Palmer (editor), André Maranne (actor), Geoffrey Keen (actor), Christopher Gunning (composer), Tony Sibbald (actor), Louis Mahoney (actor), Alf Joint (actor), Thomas Baptiste (actor), Leonard Trolley (actor), Sharad Patel (producer), Sharad Patel (director), Peter Harvey (miscellaneous crew), Martin Okello (actor), Rick Anderson (actor),

Plot: This biographical movie begins with a short blurb about Uganda, followed by the joyous scenes surrounding Amin's military takeover from Milton Obote. He goes about arresting and torturing the rebels. In his freezer he keeps the heads of his rivals and says: "It is a Kaqwa way. I talk to them". Amin then goes about having Asians expelled from Uganda saying: "Uganda is for Ugandas. There will be no more Shahs and Patels. Let them swim back." After the infamous 1976 Entebbe hostage situation where Israeli commandos make a daring rescue of their citizens who were taken into Uganda on a hijacked plane, Amin has Dora Bloch (the only hostage the Israelis couldn't liberate) killed. Amin then goes on to believing he is the 'Hitler of Africa' and promises that he will actually erect a statue in honour of his namesake "in the middle of Kampala". Amin becomes a rather childish and sick psychopath who mixes voodoo, rape, torture, and dancing. He says things like: "I am the best lover of Africa", "I'm big daddy" and "I am greater than Mohammed Ali". He practices cannibalism and takes part in motor rallies. He has rebels killed and dumped into the river Nile and is responsible for the deaths of about 150,000 people. Amin also changes allies with every new season, courting the British and Israeli's and then spouting some marxist rubbish to please the Soviets. He tries to charm some departing Russians at the airport with some of the worst played accordion in history. Later he takes to Islam and when he finds his circle of friends rapidly diminishing is left with a motley bunch of eager beaver Libyans. There is a failed assassination attempt on his life. In 1977 he invaded Tanzania, loses the war and narrowly manages to escape to Saudi Arabia.

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Dingetjie & Idi (1977)

Actors: Dirk de Villiers (director), Dirk de Villiers (producer), André Scholtz (producer), Gerrie van Wyk (editor), Tobie Cronje (actor), Peter Henkel (editor), Trix Pienaar (actress), Pieter Geldenhuys (actor), Rika Sennett (actress), Anna Cloete (actress), Bill Curry (actor), Louw Verwey (actor), Pieter-Dirk Uys (actor), Pieter-Dirk Uys (writer), Fanie Bekker (actor),

Mes nuits avec... Alice, Pénélope, Arnold, Maud et Richard (1976)

Actors: Gérard Kikoïne (editor), Claude Mulot (miscellaneous crew), Karine Gambier (actress), Claude Mulot (writer), Cyril Val (actor), Didier Philippe-Gérard (director), Francis Leroi (producer), Jean-Louis Vattier (actor), Carmelo Petix (actor), Jack Gatteau (actor), Richard Allan (actor), Charlie Schreiner (actor), Gérard Kikoïne (actor), Jacques Insermini (actor), Daniel Trabet (actor),