In January 2009, Oliver Stone travelled to Venezuela to interview President Hugo Chavez, and examine the way Chavez has been portrayed in the U.S. media. Was Chavez really the “anti-American” force the media claimed he was? Once the journey began, however, Stone and his crew found themselves going beyond Venezuela to several other countries, and interviewing seven Presidents in the region, telling a larger and even more compelling story. In casual conversation, Stone sits down with Presidents Chavez, Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Nestor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raul Castro (Cuba).
SOUTH OF THE BORDER premiered at the 66th Venice Film Festival.
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SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICA (in production)
Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone is creating and executive
producing a new, ten episode documentary series entitled OLIVER STONE'S
SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICA, which will premiere on SHOWTIME in 2010.
Narrated by Stone, the new one-hour series will feature episodes that focus on
human events, that at the time went under-reported, but crucially shaped America's
unique and complex history over the last 60 years.
producing a new, ten episode documentary series entitled OLIVER STONE'S
SECRET HISTORY OF AMERICA, which will premiere on SHOWTIME in 2010.
Narrated by Stone, the new one-hour series will feature episodes that focus on
human events, that at the time went under-reported, but crucially shaped America's
unique and complex history over the last 60 years.