Shake Hands with the Devil
When the world turned its back, one man stood up.
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Produced by Barna-Alper Productions, Halifax Film Company
A harrowing historical drama about one man's moral struggle against institutional indifference and genocide, grounded in the specific horrors of Rwanda.
In 1993, Canadian Lieutenant General Roméo Dallaire was sent by the United Nations to Rwanda as commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR). Its mission, to ensure the ceasefire, is underfunded, excessively bureaucratized and made up of military units which come from dozens of countries and which each have a very different program... These are Lt Gen Dallaire's efforts to stop the madness of the Rwandan Genocide, despite the complete indifference of his superiors.
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