[Peace-discuss] should we bring new Oliver Stone doc re: South America to C-U?

[Stuart Levy]

Ooh, this sounds cool.

Haven't tried advocating any films with the new owner,
but have chatted with him several times.   He seems like the
type of person who might well take this on.


On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 07:13:38PM -0300, Robert Naiman wrote:
> As I imagine some of you are aware, Oliver Stone has a new documentary
> out about South America called "South of the Border." It's a series of
> interviews with progressive South American leaders, mixed with some
> historical background and interviews with a few analysts. Chavez,
> Morales, Correa, Lula, Fernandez, Lugo. If you've seen the Irish
> documentary about Venezuela, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,"
> you'll recognize some of the footage and ideas.
> 
> Friend of C-U Mark Weisbrot is very involved with this project - he
> wrote the original script and is currently touring with Oliver to
> promote the film.
> 
> The film is in commercial distribution. I believe that there is going
> to be a Chicago screening in the next few months. We could try to set
> up a C-U screening, and if we manage to time it right, I think we
> could get Mark to come down and answer questions after the film.
> 
> So my query is:
> 
> - has anyone dealt with the Art management on a project like this
> since they last switched hands? my experience was that the other guy
> was very friendly to projects like this.
> 
> - if not the Art, are there other alternatives? The Virginia?
> 
> - could we get a bunch of people to show up?
> 
> The trailer is here:
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/southoftheborderdoc
> 
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