South of the Border

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Movie
Original title South of the Border
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2009
Rod
Director Oliver Stone
script Tariq Ali ,
Mark Weisbrot
production José Ibáñez,
Fernando Sulichin
music Adam Peters
camera Albert Maysles ,
Carlos Marcovich,
Lucas Fuica
cut Elisa Bonora,
Alexis Chavez

South of the Border is a 2009 documentary directed by Oliver Stone that explores the political situation in Latin America. The film mainly consists of interviews with Latin American heads of government, including Presidents Hugo Chávez ( Venezuela ), Evo Morales ( Bolivia ), Cristina Fernández de Kirchner ( Argentina ), Rafael Correa ( Ecuador ), Raúl Castro ( Cuba ), Fernando Lugo ( Paraguay ) and Lula da Silva ( Brazil ).

The documentary was first shown at the 66th Venice International Film Festival in 2009 . The screenwriter was Tariq Ali , who describes the film as a "political road movie". The economist Mark Weisbrot contributed to the film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Johnson, Reed, 2009: Oliver Stone heads 'South of the Border' to chat up Chavez and others , in Los Angeles Times (as of September 1, 2009; last accessed September 16, 2010)