Rolling Stones film raises curtain on Thessaloniki Doc Festival

A movie about the Rolling Stones 2016 Latin America tour, which culminated in their first-ever concert in Cuba, will open this year's Thessaloniki Documentary Festival (TDF) on Friday.

Shot by British director Paul Dugdale, "The Rolling Stones Ole Ole Ole! A Trip Across Latin America" takes audiences behind the scenes as the veteran rockers tour the region for the first time in 10 years. As evergreen frontman Mick Jagger and the rest of the band play stadiums in Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, Peru, Colombia and Mexico, negotiations are taking place for a free show in Havana.

The Rolling Stones formed in London in 1962, three years after Fidel Castro led his bearded rebels to the victorious revolution that ousted US-backed dictator Fulgencio Batista.

In its 19th annual iteration, the TDF will host more more than 213 nonfiction films - including 64 local...

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