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SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL (2004)
90 min. Rating: unrated
DIRECTOR: Peter Raymont

WRITER: Romeo Dallaire

8/10 REEL Student Rating (1 votes)

Plot Summary
Canadian Lieutenant-General Romeo Dallaire was in command of the United Nation’s peacekeeping mission to Rwanda in 1994 when a bloody genocide erupted. Over a period of 100 days, more than 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutus, the rival tribe in their country. Dallaire spent the time attempting to stop the killing by arousing the world through the United Nations and the international media. Though his attempts were unsuccessful, Dallaire emerged as a martyr, who had performed with dignity and courage during a dreadful time. Ten years later, Dallaire returned to Rwanda, to personally commemorate the anniversary of the holocaust. Accompanying him and his wife was the veteran documentary director Peter Raymont who filmed this tremendously emotional “return to hell.” “Dallaire is not only the protagonist of ‘Shake Hands’, he is a compelling reason to see it.”—Kenneth Turan, NYTimes. Winner, Audience Award for Best Documentary, Sundance Film Festival. Winner, Best Canadian Program Award and Best Feature Length Documentary at the 26th Annual Banff World Television Festival.

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About The Director

Peter Raymont

Peter Raymont has produced and directed more than 100 documentaries. His films include the groundbreaking documentaries about Nicaragua The World Is Watching and While the World Stopped Watching and, most recently, A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman and In The Spirit of Adventure: Glenn Gould’s Inner Voice. He is the co-founder of White Pine Pictures and is the Executive Producer of the television series The Border.

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