In this documentary, Stone interviews seven leaders of seven countries south of the border, including Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Raul Castro of Cuba.
Stone has strong and favorable views about the leaders.
"They want to keep the resources of the country inside the country, and then take the profits from their own natural resources and they're putting them back into the people's causes, making better education, health, welfare. And that's quite a difference from before," said Stone.
Journalist Ashleigh Banfield doesn't think the mainstream U.S. media does a very good job of covering South America.
"When it comes to South American politics and South American issues, we just don't cover it as much as other places," she said. "I think we don't feel the threat that we do in other places of the world."
Foreign correspondent Bob Simon is shocked at the lack of coverage of South America.
"I don't think there is any news organization I know of that has a bureau south of Miami," Simon said.
"In their own countries, the press is after them. The press is owned by very small rich families that control the countries. In Brazil, they are after [President Luiz "Lula" da Silva] and Ecuador they are after [President Rafael] Correa, they are after [President Evo] Morales in Bolivia. These are rich, big countries. In Argentina they certainly want [President Cristina Fernandez de] Kirchner out and the U.S. does too. We're working behind the scene to get them out," said Stone. "But they are all democratically-elected, so we have to get them out the old-fashioned way, which is we have to by votes."
There was a small protest outside of the theater about the film.
"Why doesn't [Stone] make a movie about the people that have been killed or incarcerated by the Chavez regime," said one protester.
Stone, however, did not pay much attention to naysayers.
George Whipple: How about the protesting out here tonight? Did that affect you?
Stone: I would say if this were Miami, they'd probably get me.
The last time I spoke to Stone, he was premiering another documentary, "Comandante," at the Sundance Film Festival. That movie was a series of interviews with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in a movie called "Comandante." Now, Stone has spoken with Fidel's brother, Raul.
"South Of The Border" will be at the Angelika Film Center this weekend.
