In one of the more emotional moments—and there are many—in Peter Raymont’s often-shattering Shake Hands with the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire (2004), Canadian General Roméo Dallaire recounts his rage at Belgium’s withdrawal of its troops
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In Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, Alanis Obomsawin skillfully presents the tense situation behind the lines with compassion towards the Indigenous people while not demonising the police and armed forces.
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What I see is the respect and the strength of the people and the capability of being able to defend yourself and being heard. I think if I were to die tomorrow,
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After an artistic lifetime spent educating those of us who should have known of these things long ago, Obomsawin now wishes to return to the most important link in the chain and
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