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- 2005
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 30 m
- 2005
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 30 m
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)
Directed By: Peter Raymont
Written By: Roméo Dallaire, Brent Beardsley
- 2005
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 30 m
- 2005
- California Newsreel
- 1 h 30 m
Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
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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)
Directed By: Peter Raymont
Written By: Roméo Dallaire, Brent Beardsley
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 19 Critic Reviews
80
95% Positive
18 Reviews
18 Reviews
5% Mixed
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1 Review
0% Negative
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Wrenching on both personal and political levels.
In some ways Shake Hands With the Devil hits harder than either "Hotel Rwanda" or the recent HBO film "Sometimes in April."
For a gripping, thoroughly involving account of a flawed but inspiring real-life hero, audiences need look no further.
The value of Shake Hands With The Devil is in Dallaire's detailed recollections of what he observed: the anatomy of a mass murder.
The overall effect makes for a far more resonant film than that offered by concurrent narrative feature "Hotel Rwanada."
The filmmakers follow this compassionate and articulate man as he returns to Rwanda a decade later to revisit his demons.
Dallaire's tragic story is a fascinating chapter in a sad history.
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Production Company
White Pine Pictures,
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC),
Société Radio-Canada
Release Date May 18, 2005
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Awards
Gemini Awards
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Banff Television Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
