These prominent filmmakers, "two of our most provocative and radical voices," discuss American historical events that have been forgotten--or hidden (Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation).In working together on two challenging documentaries--South of the Border and the Untold History of the United States series for Showtime--filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history.
Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten--or deliberately buried--episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution to the dynamic radicalism of the Wobblies; to how Henry Wallace's nomination for the vice presidency was deliberately thwarted by Democratic Party machine insiders; to the ongoing close connections between various US presidents and the Saudi royal family.
For Stone, an Academy Award-winner, and Ali, an acclaimed novelist and journalist--two of our most insightful observers on history and popular culture--no topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged.
- ISBN10 1608461602
- ISBN13 9781608461608
- Publish Date 8 November 2011 (first published 1 January 2011)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Haymarket Books
- Format eBook
- Pages 180
- Language English