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MIGS hosts filmmaker 

Frank Chalk (left), History professor and Director of the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), welcomed documentary filmmaker Peter Raymont (right) to a MIGS workshop held on March 12.

Raymont’s latest film, Making A Promise to the Dead: The Exile Journey of Ariel Dorfman, explores Chile under Allende and Pinochet and the impact of exile over several generations on Dorfman and his family. Raymont’s previous films include Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire, which won him an Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2007, Bhopal: The Search for Justice and Triage: The Dilemma of Dr. James Orbinski. Raymont’s Gemini Award-winning CBC-TV drama series, The Border, is entering its third season.