An interview with Peter Raymont, founder, producer and director at White Pine Pictures, whose films include Shake Hands with the Devil, Genius Within, and TIFF 2019 opener Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson
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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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Keep ReadingThere is an indelible moment in Peter Raymont’s documentary Shake Hands With the Devil in which retired Canadian General Romeo Dallaire, ten years removed from his ordeal as the head of the embattled U.N.
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