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God Save Texas

54min

Documentary

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.

Production Companies

HBO Documentary Films

Jigsaw Productions

Film 44

Episodes

Cast

Season 1

God Save Texas: Hometown Prison

1. God Save Texas: Hometown Prison

1h 27min

27th Feb 2024

Richard Linklater chronicles daily life in Huntsville, TX, a town built on the business of incarceration.

God Save Texas: The Price of Oil

2. God Save Texas: The Price of Oil

1h

28th Feb 2024

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

3. God Save Texas: La Frontera

54min

28th Feb 2024

Mexican American filmmaker Iliana Sosa explores the fluidity of life on El Paso’s border.

First air date

27th Feb 2024

Last air date

28th Feb 2024

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks