Oliver Stone is out to change the way we think about South America and its leaders with his new documentary South of the Border. Filmed last year, the film covers a number of conversations with some of the more notorious (pick the title you enjoy) presidents/leaders/dictators that took place last year…
South of the Border chronicles Stone’s travels to South America in the winter of 2009 and tells the story of the rise to power of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and other South American presidents responsible for sweeping changes in the region. Described as a “political Buena Vista Social Club road movie,” the film features intimate conversations with Chávez, Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Néstor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba).
There are eight total stops on the trip-
May 18 Madrid, Spain premiere with Presidents from the film
May 28 Caracas, Venezuela premiere with President Hugo Chavez
May 29 “Cine Movil” Mobile community screening in Bolivar Place, Caracas
May 30 Quito, Ecuador Premiere with President Rafael Correa
May 31 Sao Paulo, Brazil Premiere
June 1 Outdoor premiere in Cochabamba, Bolivia with President Evo Morales
June 2 Paraguay Premiere with President Fernando Lugo
June 3 Buenos Aires, Argentina premiere
Hollywood celebrities embracing South American leaders with… complicated relationships with the US is nothing new (I’m wondering if Sean Penn makes a cameo) but I wouldn’t be surprised if this gets Stone significant attention in the states.
Stone can also look forward to some grassroots social media support from Chavez on his brand new twitter account– maybe they can even host a back-and-forth Twitter interview (#antiimperialistforlife). Venezuela recently voted to abolish term limits, so there’s a strong chance Hugo will be around for a while, in case Stone’s got sequels in mind.
We’ve got some rock’n’roll Chewers from South America, maybe we’ll hear from someone that gets to attend one of these South of the Border premieres.
The film will be released wide in North America on June 25th.
8 comments
It's Stone's right to be an idiot. I mean, come on, the guy rightfully had major issues with President Bush over civil liberties being squelched, but then he turns around and starts hanging out with a leader who limits freedoms even more. Even Sean Penn drools over this guy. What gives? I have no interest in watching this propaganda drivel. I do find it oddly hilarious that Hugo Chavez actually uses Twitter. What could he possibly tweet about? "OMG…the people keep say i'm dictator…i smell sulfur…LOL!"
Yeah… I wonder if Evo intimated to Oliver Stone how chicken causes homosexuality and Coke is the cause of male pattern baldness. Which is why so many Europeans are gay and bald and Andean people (like him) all have a full head of hair and denounce homosexuality as an abomination of nature.
Chavez, however, is not an idiot. And at least he actually finished high school. (Evo dropped out of elemantary school at 5th grade) But he's a dangerous fucking lunatic who has to be stopped as soon as possible.
American idealists have to stop being so naive supporting these "men of the people." These people are awful human beings who exploit the people they claim to represent and feed on social resentment. It's disgusting. The sooner someone pulls a Mussolini on Chavez the better.
Evo grew up in poverty in a place where children works to put the food on the table, at least he went to school for a while. Which doesn't excuse his boneheadedness.
Bolivia had been run by corrupt "Market-friendly" gangsters for decades, having a peasant assume the presidency brought hope to many. In spite of him being the leader of the coca growers in a region where the coca leaves are pretty much used only for cocaine. But he has turned out not only to be uneducated, but also unwise, spiteful, and presumptuous on top of it.
The american empire has not helped things at all, supporting the idiotic right-wingers that only provoked Evo into acting even more confrontational. But if Stone actually idealizes dangerous clowns like Evo and Chavez and Fidel, he is either very uninformed or not very bright.
i want any given sunday 2
Hey #2, it's not his asshole of a cuntry invading everyone. I don't want to start a talkback fight, but why don't Americans who criticise other countries and hope to depose their elected leaders die then go fuck themselves. You've already got wars to two different fathers, and you're prowling for two more. Fuck you.
Quit dictatin' and behave says I
@ 2 "he's a dangerous fucking lunatic who has to be stopped as soon as possible" sounds like Bush jr ? and you morons elected him twice … ?
Who cares about those countries? They suck ass. Anyone I've met from them has been a gobshite assbag. Oliver Stone can thank his tax havens however he pleases. Also inb4 ignorant Bush comment…awww. I didn't make it. Its tough to beat the unemployed when it comes to being quick on internet board comments. PS: I'm Canadian. Complain about that cause nobody cares about us. Even though we have more oil than Saudi Arabia are are 100% self sustaining. Suck it eh.
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