Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire

Name: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Genre: Documentary
Released: May 18, 2005
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 80

2005

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Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire

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California Newsreel | Release Date: May 18, 2005

Summary: Shake Hands With The Devil is the most powerful documentary produced about the Rwandan genocide. Unflinching. Gut-wrenching. Challenging. Hard-hitting. (White Pine Pictures)

Director: Peter Raymont

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 90 min

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Ty Burr

It's an account of what helplessness does to a man whose philosophy of life has been founded on decisive action. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

In some ways Shake Hands With the Devil hits harder than either "Hotel Rwanda" or the recent HBO film "Sometimes in April." Read full review

Shawn Levy

Gripping, outraging documentary. Read full review

Desson Thomson

A compelling, compact story about a country that was left to destroy itself while one man presided futilely over the carnage. Read full review

Noel Murray

The value of Shake Hands With The Devil is in Dallaire's detailed recollections of what he observed: the anatomy of a mass murder. Read full review

Frank Scheck

A fascinating account of its subject's self-torture over his inability to stop one of the 20th century's greatest tragedies. Read full review

Jeremy Mathews

Dallaire's tragic story is a fascinating chapter in a sad history. Read full review

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M.Edison

Jun 22, 2006

This documentary is a perfect accompaniment to the book, the General is a personal hero, and I applaud him for what he's done. Humanity faced a test with Rwanda and we failed it but in his refusal to allow us to forget Rwanda, General Dallaire has not.

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