Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Dallaire
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Peter Raymont
Major Brent Beardsley
Peter Bregg
Vanessa Crosbie Ramsay
Lt. General Romeo Dallaire
Michfle Hozer
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In 1994, while many Americans were distracted by the OJ Simpson case, over 800,000 men, women and children were massacred in the small African country of Rwanda. The victims were mainly Tutsis, murdered by their Hutu neighbors. Canadian General Romeo Dallaire was charged with an impossible task: to head the UN peacekeeping mission with a handful of soldiers ordered not to use force to protect Rwandans from mass slaughter. The documentary follows the General's return to the region 10 years later, as he comes to grips with the events that have haunted him--his struggles with top UN officials, expedient Belgian policy-makers and Clinton administration officials who ignored his pleas for reinforcements. The experience led to Dallaire's own life tragedy as he dealt with the psychological fallout of witnessing a genocide he was powerless to stop.
Director
Peter Raymont
Crew
Major Brent Beardsley
Peter Bregg
Vanessa Crosbie Ramsay
Lt. General Romeo Dallaire
Michfle Hozer
Mark Korven
Ao Loo
Hilda Rasula
Peter Raymont
Patrick Reed
Patrick Reed
Patrick Reed
Kate Russell
Paul Smith
Linda Lee Tracey
Russell Walker
John Westheuser
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Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature (World Cinema) at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States January 2005
Released in United States June 3, 2005
Released in United States September 2004
Released in United States Spring May 18, 2005
Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2005.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 9-18, 2004.
Based in part on the book "Shake Hands with the Devil" by Lt. General Romeo Dallaire and Major Brent Beardsley.
Released in United States January 2005 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Documentary Competition) January 20-30, 2005.)
Released in United States Spring May 18, 2005
Released in United States June 3, 2005 (Los Angeles)
Released in United States September 2004 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival September 9-18, 2004.)
