Ignore the constant barrage of U.S. media slagging of South America's leftist leaders and join Oliver Stone on a truth-seeking mission. More political journalism than the moralizing documentary that some might expect, "South of the Border" follows the notoriously contentious filmmaker as he interviews the elected leaders of Venezuela (President Hugo Chavez), Bolivia (Evo Morales), Brazil (Lula da Silva), Argentina (Cristina Kirchner),
The result is a refreshing opportunity to comprehend a vibrant socialist movement that is poised to lead the world toward a sustainable global political future free from the imposed economic slavery of the International Monetary Fund and corporate interests.
Stone uses revisionist news clips from CNN and Fox News to show how America's propaganda machine distorts facts about events and political realities in a region that European and American imperialism all but lost control of after five hundred of years of abuse.
Most invigorating is the sincerity and candidness of South America's political leaders who speak intelligently without resorting to the kind of canned sound bite rhetoric we're accustomed in the states. "South of the Border" is reason enough to hope that it won't be Oliver Stone's last foray into the documentary format.
Not Rated. 78 mins.
