Through testimonies from the kitchens of five of global history's most notorious dictators — Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Augusto Pinochet and Kim Jong-il — How to Feed a Dictator provides an insider's perspective as to what it was like to serve as core members of these regimes, be it by choice or by force. 

Framed by interviews with journalists who dive into the violence conducted by these authoritarians, as well as the visceral contrast between the opulent meals served to these dictators and the living conditions of the citizens of the countries they led, this documentary delivers a chilling but necessary perspective on how authoritarians continue to flourish around the globe.—Kate Lemberg