Shake hands with the devil
leafs4ever
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hey guys,
i just finished watching this movie which is about the Genocide that occurred in Rwanda during 1994. It is the story of General Romeo Dallaire who led the peacekeeping mission in Rwanda during this time and showed me a lot that I did not know about this incident. It is an absolutely amazing movie that i feel everyone should watch, it is easily the best canadian made movie i've ever seen.
I really can't believe how ignorant i was to this situation. I know i was only 12 when this occurred, but i had heard about what happened but never really paid attention to it. Needless to say this movie is extremely powerful and like i said, is something that everyone should take time to watch.
Be warned that it is a very graphic movie and that Roy Dupuis who plays Dallaire truly becomes his charter so it really brings you into the movie.
I'm going to ask for the book for x-mas, i can't wait to read it.
1 question, has anyone seen Hotel Rwanda? I haven't seen it yet but after watching this movie i think i'd like to see more on this incident and i've heard great reviews of that movie.
i just finished watching this movie which is about the Genocide that occurred in Rwanda during 1994. It is the story of General Romeo Dallaire who led the peacekeeping mission in Rwanda during this time and showed me a lot that I did not know about this incident. It is an absolutely amazing movie that i feel everyone should watch, it is easily the best canadian made movie i've ever seen.
I really can't believe how ignorant i was to this situation. I know i was only 12 when this occurred, but i had heard about what happened but never really paid attention to it. Needless to say this movie is extremely powerful and like i said, is something that everyone should take time to watch.
Be warned that it is a very graphic movie and that Roy Dupuis who plays Dallaire truly becomes his charter so it really brings you into the movie.
I'm going to ask for the book for x-mas, i can't wait to read it.
1 question, has anyone seen Hotel Rwanda? I haven't seen it yet but after watching this movie i think i'd like to see more on this incident and i've heard great reviews of that movie.
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09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
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I've seen Hotel Rwanda. It's a good film. But if you're really interested in this subject then I'd suggest you forget about movies and read this book instead:
'We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda' - by Philip Gourevitch
http://www.amazon.com/Wish-Inform-Tomorrow-Killed-Families/dp/0312243359/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1227685454&sr=8-1
I haven't seen 'Hotel Rwanda' so I can't comment on it other than to say no one's said anything bad about it but then could anyone really do it w/o seeming insensitive?
'How a culture can forget its plan of yesterday
and you swear it's not a trend
it doesn't matter anyway
there's no need to talk as friends
nothing news everyday
all the kids will eat it up
if it's packaged properly'
just watched the movie this morning, finally! it is fantastic, leafs. you're so right, roy dupuis did a phenomenal job. for me, this was better than hotel rwanda.
I've studied the Rwandan case quite a bit and it really was a truly shocking event that didn't end in 1994. The fighting in the DRC is spillover from the genocide. It is hard to believe that 800000 people could be slaughtered in only 100 days. I can't even fathom what that would have been like and even harder to imagine what it must have been like for Rwanda to pick up the piece after such a crazy period.
The book is fantastic.
thanks for the suggestion... i'll add that to the x-mas list to
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
Please send me a msg if you ever hear of him doing speakings around toronto
09/19/05, 05/09/06, 05/10/06
'How a culture can forget its plan of yesterday
and you swear it's not a trend
it doesn't matter anyway
there's no need to talk as friends
nothing news everyday
all the kids will eat it up
if it's packaged properly'
The ongoing conflict in the DRC is essentially a struggle b/w Rwandan backed Tutsi rebels who are after Hutus who fled into the DRC as the genocide ended. The French are directly responsible for facilitating the escape of their Hutu buddies.
Normally I don't partake in the French bashing, but they have tons of blood on their hands and I wish the film had reflected this. The French helped plan, arm and train the Hutus and the first thing they did after it started was to fly out the organizer out of Rwanda and protect them. Lastly, once the Hutu fight was lost they suddenly came in with their phony "Operation Turquoise" which did nothing but protect Hutus as they disappeared into the DRC and begun a war which has cost over 5 million casualties since (the highest death toll in any conflict since WWII).
Also, the Tutsis have also been accused of carrying out "reverse genocide" which goes largely undiscussed.
As far as movies go, Shake Hands With the Devil blows Hotel Rwanda out of water, and has unparalleled accuracy - the book it's based on was written by Dallaire, with the help of Major Brent Beardsley (who was his right hand man in Rwanda). Everything in the movie actually happened. Dallaire was a perfectly normal miliatary man before Rwanda, and he came back broken... Multiple suicide attempts, you name it. Thank god he's better now - the world needs people like him. One of my personal heroes.
Beardsley also often does speaking events about Rwanda and genocide. Read the book and go to see either of them speak if you can!