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Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire

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In 1994, one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century unfolds when nearly 800,000 men, women and children are murdered amid civil unrest in Rwanda. This documentary tells the story of Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian general who is in charge of the United Nations' unsuccessful peacekeeping mission in the country prior to the killings. Returning to the nation for the first time in ten years, Dallaire recalls his painful memories of the event and wonders if he might have been able to stop it.
Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire

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A gut-wrenching documentary about the man in charge of the UN peace keeping force during the 1994 Rwanda genocide of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus.

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Peter Raymont

Director

Peter Raymont

Producer

Linda Lee Tracey

Producer

John Westheuser

Cinematographer

Michèle Hozer

Film Editing

Mark Korven

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Synopsis In 1994, one of the greatest tragedies of the 20th century unfolds when nearly 800,000 men, women and children are murdered amid civil unrest in Rwanda. This documentary tells the story of Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian general who is in charge of the United Nations' unsuccessful peacekeeping mission in the country prior to the killings. Returning to the nation for the first time in ten years, Dallaire recalls his painful memories of the event and wonders if he might have been able to stop it.
Director
Peter Raymont
Producer
Peter Raymont, Linda Lee Tracey
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 2004, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 1, 2005
Runtime
1h 31m