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On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone Conversation
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On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone Conversation
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In working together on two challenging new documentaries
and the forthcoming
series for Showtimefilmmaker 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 forgottenor deliberately buriedepisodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution and the dynamic radicalism of the
Industrial Workers of the World to Henry Wallace’s sidelining by Democratic Party machine insiders and the ongoing interference of the United States in Pakistani political affairs.
For Stone and Alitwo of our most insightful observers on history and popular cultureno topic is sacred, no orthodoxy goes unchallenged.
TARIQ ALI is an internationally acclaimed Pakistani writer and filmmaker. He has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics and seven novels (translated into over a dozen languages) as well as scripts for the stage and screen. He is an editor of
and lives in London.
OLIVER STONE has directed, among other films,
and the documentaries
and the upcoming
series for Showtime.