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DESCRIPTION:Film evenings begin with optional potluck refreshments and social hour at  
 6:30 pm,\nfollowed by the film at  7:30 pm, followed by a discussion after 
 the film.\n\nSouth of the Border\nby Oliver Stone\n\nIn this engaging film, 
 Oliver Stone takes us on a whirl-wind tour of the political and economic 
 changes that have and are sweeping Latin America.   Many of the more 
 indigenous parts of the population (which are the majority and the poorest) 
 have risen up in an inspiring display of democracy to elect leadership that 
 look like them, value them, and who are working to create a fair and just 
 social, political, and economic future for all of their citizenry — not 
 just the well-off, lighter-skinned, or well-connected (to Western Europe 
 and the United States) few. There’s a veritable revolution underway in 
 South America, but most of the world doesn’t know it.  The U.S. still 
 wants to believe that Latin America is its back yard, ours to despoil and 
 abandon as we choose.\n\nSo Oliver Stone, seeking the truth about Latin 
 America, takes us with him on a road trip across five Latin American 
 countries to explore the social and political movements as well as our 
 mainstream media’s misperception of South America while interviewing 
 seven of its elected presidents.  In casual conversations with Presidents 
 Hugo Chávez (Venezuela), 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 
 Raúl Castro (Cuba), Oliver Stone gains unprecedented access and sheds new 
 light on the exciting transformations in the region.  Leader after leader 
 seems to be saying the same thing.  America has not been listening. Hugo 
 Chavez has been thoroughly demonized by the U.S., and for what reason? He 
 believes Venezuela should be for the Venezuelans — what a concept! 
 Indigenous peoples running their own countries! These countries, now run by 
 their own people, want to control their own resources, strengthen regional 
 ties, be treated as equals with the U.S., and become financially 
 independent of the International Monetary Fund. \n\nWheelchair accessible 
 around the corner at  411  28th  Street\n\n$5 donations are accepted\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/13/18669126.php
SUMMARY:South of the Border
LOCATION:Humanist Hall\n390  27th  Street\nuptown Oakland, between Telegraph and 
 Broadway\nhttp://www.HumanistHall.org
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/13/18669126.php
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