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Shake hands with the Devil : the journey of Roméo Dallaire
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Shake hands with the Devil : the journey of Roméo Dallaire

Author: Peter RaymontLindalee TraceyRoméo DallaireBrent BeardsleyWhite Pine Pictures.All authors
Publisher: [San Francisco] : California Newsreel, [2005]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:
Lt. General Roméo Dallaire was the commander of the UN peacekeeping troops in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide which claimed 800,000 lives. This film follows Dallaire back to Rwanda ten years after the massacre in order for him to come to terms with the atrocities he witnessed there. Dallaire describes his experiences while in Rwanda and how they have since effected him.
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Genre/Form: Documentary films
Personal narratives, Canadian
Named Person: Roméo Dallaire
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Peter Raymont; Lindalee Tracey; Roméo Dallaire; Brent Beardsley; White Pine Pictures.; California Newsreel (Firm)
OCLC Number: 76951340
Notes: Based in part on the book, Shake hands with the Devil by (Ret'd) Lt. General Roméo Dallaire with Major Brent Beardsley.
Special features include: a reading of an excerpt of his book Shake hands with the Devil by Roméo Dallaire (6 min.); an interview with director Peter Raymont (8 min.); optional audio commentary by Peter Raymont or Geoff Pevere; a 56 min. classroom version of the film; photo gallery; reading list.
Credits: Photographer, John Westheuser ; still photographer, Peter Bress ; original music by Mark Korven ; editor, Michèle Hozer.
Awards: Audience Award winner, 2005 Sundance Film Festival.
Description: 1 videodisc (91 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD.
Other Titles: Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Responsibility: White Pine Pictures presents ; director, Peter Raymont ; producers, Peter Raymont, Lindalee Tracey.

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Lt. General Roméo Dallaire was the commander of the UN peacekeeping troops in Rwanda during the 1994 genocide which claimed 800,000 lives. This film follows Dallaire back to Rwanda ten years after the massacre in order for him to come to terms with the atrocities he witnessed there. Dallaire describes his experiences while in Rwanda and how they have since effected him.

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