Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2004)

Directed by

Peter Raymont

Genre

documentary film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The documentary follows Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire as he recounts his experiences during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It shows his struggle to prevent the mass killings and his emotional burden afterward.

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What happens

Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire is a 2004 Canadian documentary film about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. It was directed by Peter Raymont and inspired by the book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda (2003), by now-retired Canadian Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire. It was co-produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Société Radio-Canada, White Pine Pictures, and DOC: The Documentary Channel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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