Greetings loyal DOC Viewers.

Just wanted to take a moment to congratulate filmmaker Peter Raymont, whose powerful film “Shake Hands With the Devil: The Journey of Romeo Daillaire,” was awarded the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary last evening. The film had its television premiere here on DOC, and this marks the first such honor for us. It’s not a stretch to say that we are beside ourselves with joy and appreciation for Peter and his truly moving film. The film rarely airs on the channel without our receiving mail from viewers who have been just as deeply emotionally touched by “Shake Hands” as we all were when we screened it for the first time. We’ve known for a long time that we had something special on our hands. Peter shared the honor of the win with his wife and longtime filmmaking partner Lindalee Tracey, who tragically passed last year after a battle with breast cancer. We hope Peter can rest assured that Lindalee’s legacy could not have been preserved  by a more important and eye-opening doc than “Shake Hands.” So there you have it folks, we here at DOC just wanted to take a few moments and show the pride. We hope this is just the first of many wonderful things to come (from our Channel as well as Peter Raymont). We don’t mind telling you the taste of victory is awfully sweet.