History of Uganda Minister, suspended the constitution and assumed all government powers, removing the positions of president and vice president. In September 1967, a new constitution proclaimed Uganda a republic, gave the president even greater powers, and abolished the traditional kingdoms. After a military coup on 25 January 1971, Obote was deposed from power and the dictator Idi Amin seized control of the country. Amin ruled Uganda with the military for the next eight years and carried out mass killings within the country to maintain his rule. An estimated 300,000 Ugandans lost their lives at the hands of his regime, many of them
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches (film) took place in Montreal and Saint-Faustin, Quebec in the Laurentides. Cinematographer Nicolas Canniccioni and Lavoie and chose to shoot in black and white, with Canniccioni employing a Red Epic Monochrome 6K camera. Art director Marjorie Rhéaume also selected colours in designing the sets that would reflect well in this photography. The film's world premiere took place at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017. It was screened at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, rather than in the same larger Winter Garden theatre as Lavoie's previous film "Those Who Make Revolution Halfway Only Dig Their Own Graves", which won Best Canadian