How To Feed a Dictator

Tribeca Film Festival Selection

(USA • Doc. • 95 min.)
Screening Rm East, 10/9 8:00pm

75% of the proceeds benefit:

Coalition for a Safer Delaware works to end gun violence in Delaware and nationwide through partnerships, prevention education, and policy advancement. With strong gun safety laws, strong community interventions, and robust public education, we can build a safer Delaware – together.

How to Feed a Dictator weaves together the stories of five chefs who once cooked for brutal strongmen — Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Pinochet, and Kim Jong-il. Because of poverty, necessity, fear, or choice, they found themselves serving dictators, navigating fear, loyalty, and complicity in kitchens where, in some cases, the wrong dish could mean death. Blending personal testimony, archival material, and atmospheric imagery, the film explores the moral compromises of those trapped in history’s shadows.