South Of The Border

In South of the Border, Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone is afforded extraordinary access to Hugo Chavez, Raul Castro, the Kirchners of Argentina, Paraguay’s Fernando Lugo, and other heads of state and shines a light on each leader and the situation in each of their countries. Stone’s initial approach to the film is to expose how U.S. foreign policy drives the way the mainstream media depicts events around the world. With clips from CNN, Fox News, and other Western media outlets, Stone quickly establishes the hawkish tone and misrepresentation that characterize how news about South American politics and the continent’s democratically elected leaders -- who ...