Based in part on his award-winning book of the same title, Shake Hands with the Devil is the searing, emotional journey of Canadian Lt.-General Roméo Dallaire, who commanded the U.N. peacekeeping mission to Rwanda in 1984.

Filmmaker Peter Raymont’s film, which won the Audience Choice (World Documentary) Award at the Sundance Film Festival, screened at BIFF in 2005. Certified authentic.