God Save Texas (2024)
"A window into America's soul."
Synopsis
Returning to their hometowns, Texas filmmakers Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa chronicle the complex history of each city, while examining the toll that the prison system, oil business, and border laws have on those communities.
Creator
Richard Perello, Elizabeth Rogers, Lawrence Wright
Network
HBO
Episodes
God Save Texas: Hometown Prison
Richard Linklater chronicles daily life in Huntsville, TX, a town built on the business of incarceration.
God Save Texas: The Price of Oil
As the world’s energy capital, Houston is a city that manufactures both its prominence and demise. Alex Stapleton explores the industry’s impact on her family, who arrived as enslaved people in the 1830s, built thriving communities, and now must cope with the human costs of Texas’ biggest money-maker.
God Save Texas: La Frontera
Mexican American filmmaker Iliana Sosa explores the fluidity of life on El Paso’s border.
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Details
Original Title
God Save Texas
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
3
Production
HBO Documentary Films, Jigsaw Productions, Film 44
