oliver stone's 'south of the border' at the Lexi+debate listings

Tipping Point Film Fund will host a screening of the new Oliver Stone film ‘South of the Border’ on the film’s opening weekend, Friday 30 July.  The film, which starts at 6.15pm, is showing at The Lexi Cinema in Kensal Rise and will be followed by a panel discussion entitled Radical Latin American leaders – what’s to be afraid of?

 South of the Border follows Stone on a road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents - Presidents Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula da Silva (Brazil), Cristina Kirchner (Argentina), as well as her husband and ex-President Néstor Kirchner, Fernando Lugo (Paraguay), Rafael Correa (Ecuador), and Raúl Castro (Cuba), Stone tone gains unprecedented access and sheds new light upon the exciting transformations in the region.

 The panel discussion, which will be chaired by Tipping Point Film Fund, will look at the key issues raised in the film – the US media’s demonising of radical Latin American leaders. It will explore how effective these leaders have been in delivering radical policies that work for the poorest communities and the wider economy.