9 Films & TV Shows Set In Uganda During The 20th Century
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The Mercy of the Jungle
🇨🇬 Congo 🇨🇩 Congo Democratic Republic of the 🇺🇬 Uganda The 1990sThe Mercy of the Jungle is a road movie that deals with wars in Congo through the eyes of two lost soldiers in the jungle by showcasing their struggle, weakness and hope.
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7 Days in Entebbe
🇮🇱 Israel 🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970s248 passengers were held hostage. For seven days, the world was held captive. — In 1976, four hijackers take over an Air France airplane en route from Tel Aviv to Paris and force it to land in Entebbe, Uganda. With 248 passengers on board, one of the most daring rescue missions ever is set in motion.
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Mountains of the Moon
🇺🇬 Uganda 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe The 1910s The 1900sChander Pahar follows Shankar Choudhury, a 20 year-old that takes a job working for the Uganda Railway, and winds up quitting his job in search of diamonds and the Kenya's Mountain of the Moon. Based on the popular Bengali adventure novel of the same name.
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The Last King of Scotland
Scotland 🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970sCharming. Magnetic. Murderous. — Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and asks Garrigan to become his personal doctor.
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Mississippi Masala
Mississippi 🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970s The 1990sPassion. Tradition. Mix it up. — 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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Rise and Fall of Idi Amin
🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970sThe rage of a maniac... the rape of a people! — The chronicle of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin and his tyranic rule from 1971 to his overthrow in 1979.
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Operation Thunderbolt
🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970sIn July 1976, an Air France flight from Tel-Aviv to Paris via Athens was hijacked and forced to land in Entebbe, Uganda. The Jewish passengers were separated and held hostage in demand to release many terrorists held in Israeli prisons. After much debate, the Israeli government sent an elite commando unit to raid the airfield and release the hostages.
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Victory at Entebbe
🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970sThe film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.
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Raid on Entebbe
🇮🇱 Israel 🇺🇬 Uganda The 1970sBased 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..
