VISIONS OF AFRICA Contemporary African Cinema: Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
Director: Peter Raymont
(2004, 91 minutes, Canada)
Shake Hands with the Devil shows how the international community's general lack of interest in Africa, abandoned the people of Rwanda in their time of greatest need. It looks at General Dallaier's heroic, but ultimately failed efforts to challenge a deliberate policy of inactivity at the highest levels of the U.N. and U.S. to prevent or mitigate the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It documents his return to Rwanda for the 10th anniversary of the genocide, reliving the political and psychological drama in unforgettable detail.
Films screenings are at 7 pm in the Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.
Admission is free and open to the public.
(2004, 91 minutes, Canada)
Shake Hands with the Devil shows how the international community's general lack of interest in Africa, abandoned the people of Rwanda in their time of greatest need. It looks at General Dallaier's heroic, but ultimately failed efforts to challenge a deliberate policy of inactivity at the highest levels of the U.N. and U.S. to prevent or mitigate the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It documents his return to Rwanda for the 10th anniversary of the genocide, reliving the political and psychological drama in unforgettable detail.
Films screenings are at 7 pm in the Luce Hall Auditorium, 34 Hillhouse Avenue.
Admission is free and open to the public.
