We heard the other day that Idi Amin's son was unhappy with his father's portrayal in The Last King of Scotland (Filmstalker review), now he's spoken out about his father.

"I'd ask dad, what happened? He'd look at me and say, 'people fought me, I fought them, but I never killed innocent people. God will be the one to judge me.'"

Is what Jaffar Amin said about his father in comments over at The Guardian. He goes on to say that he's writing a book about his father and that he does not contest the atrocities attributed to him.

"Dad's image cannot be changed," said Jaffar, who is writing a book about his father. "If I bring an understanding, it will be very little because he's in a compartment and getting him out of there will take a thousand years...

..I don't want to fight what has been written, but I want to show another side. I want to show a parent, I want to show my father."

So the problems aren't really with the film, more that the continuining references to his father are all about the genocide that happened under his regime, and allegedly under his direct command.

On the one hand what happened under the Amin regime is tragic and inexcusable, and yet there is undoubtedly a side to the man that is more than just that. Yet with all the history stacked against him, is there any way his son can present Idi Amin in any other light?