Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire was in command of the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission to Rwanda in 1994 when a bloody genocide erupted. Over the course of 100 days, more than 800,000 Tutsis were killed by Hutus, the rival tribe in their country.
Dallaire attempted to stop the killing by alerting the world through the United Nations and the international media. Though his attempts were unsuccessful, Dallaire emerged as a hero. Ten years later, Dallaire returns to Rwanda to personally commemorate the anniversary of that holocaust.
Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005.
“Dallaire is not only the protagonist of Shake Hands with the Devil, he is a compelling reason to see it.” — Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Director(s):
Peter Raymont
Writer(s):
Roméo Dallaire
Producer(s):
Peter Raymont
Genre(s):
Documentary
Language(s):
English, Dubbed in French
Subtitles:
English, French
Region:
Shake Hands with the Devil is filmed and set in part in Nova Scotia. Peter Raymont is from Ontario.