Oliver Stone Takes His Film on Tour in South America

[Judi Lynn]

Oliver Stone Takes His Film on Tour in South America
By MICHAEL CIEPLY
Published: May 2, 2010

“Hope to see you in Cochabamba!” a notably chipper Oliver Stone said at the end of a phone conversation last week. Mr. Stone will be in Cochabamba, in central Bolivia, on June 1 to screen his documentary “South of the Border” for an outdoor crowd that is expected to include thousands of indigenous people being gathered by Bolivia’s president, Evo Morales.

The screening is part of a South American road trip intended to find what most documentaries lack: an audience.

Last September, Venezuela’s president, Hugo Chávez, showed up at the Venice Film Festival in support of the film, which explores social transformation under Mr. Chávez and his influence elsewhere in South America. Mr. Chávez and Mr. Morales, who is also featured in the film, were later on hand, along with Susan Sarandon and Courtney Love, for a screening at Lincoln Center in New York.

Now, Mr. Stone is planning to introduce the movie in a series of South American countries, including at least four in which “South of the Border” is set to receive presidential attention.

On May 28, the movie will have a Caracas premiere, with Mr. Chávez, who is apparently quite a fan, on hand. On May 30 Mr. Stone will be in Ecuador with President Rafael Correa; on June 2 in Paraguay, with President Fernando Lugo.

“If Lula is around, he’ll show up,” Mr. Stone predicted. That would be the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who might attend a May 31 premiere in São Paulo.

More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/03/business/media/03stone.html

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1. South of the Border Part II

I guess he'll have to do a sequel, in which he shows what happened after a few years of "socialism of the 21st century". I believe Mr Chavez' influence in South America is proportional to the money he spends elsewhere. And unfortunately for Venezuela, it's running out of money very fast.

[Judi Lynn]

2. Stone reveals Chavez admiration

Stone reveals Chavez admiration
Saturday, 29 May 2010

American filmmaker Oliver Stone has said he deeply admires Hugo Chavez but the Venezuelan president might consider talking a bit less on television.

Promoting his new documentary South of the Border in Caracas, Stone heaped praise on Chavez, saying he is leading a movement for "social transformation" in Latin American.

The film features informal interviews by Stone with Chavez and six allied leftist presidents, from Bolivia's Evo Morales to Cuba's Raul Castro.

More:
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/entertainment/stone-reveals-chavez-admiration-14824959.html#ixzz0pHJXhCAS

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3. Kirchner and Stone discuss dubya's saying wars boost U.S. economy

(Had forgotten what an idiot Bush was/is)

Article includes video

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/27/bush-war-boosts-the-us-ec_n_592444.html