Shake Hands with the Devil Documentary

There are two Shake Hands with the Devil movies, one documentary filmed ten years after the Rwandan genocide and one feature film that came out thirteen years after the conflict. The documentary was very personal as we followed Romeo Dallaire through the different sites where the genocide had happened. We got to experience his feelings and thoughts about being back in what he called a beautiful country. As well, his wife was there to talk about how he had changed and how his PTSD had affected their home life. Dallaire still blames himself for many of the incidents that happened, and explained why he was so eager and optimistic to stop hell on earth in Rwanda. Dallaire describes the sights, sounds, and smells of the massacre, and how he can still remember specific conflicts to this day. We see just how evil some humans can be, and yet in the midst of all of this evil how one brave man, self-described as not a hero but a humanist, can stay hopeful and just barely stay sane.