GOD SAVE TEXAS Trailer
Three Texan Filmmakers, Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, And Iliana Sosa Offer Distinct Perspectives On Their Hometowns
HBO is about to release a documentary series GOD SAVE TEXAS in which each episode is a film made by three directors from Texas: Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and IIliana Sosa. For all the people who don’t understand what is happening in Texas and are angered at the state and its politics in general, I think this is a great perspective into what is happening in the state and why not everyone is the same there. It addresses three important topics, prisons, oil, immigration, and the border. The documentary anthology series premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Here’s the trailer:
The press release says, “The HBO Original documentary trilogy GOD SAVE TEXAS takes viewers on a personal and panoramic journey through one of the most controversial states in the union. Returning to their hometowns to shed light on an underrepresented story, the filmmakers chronicle the complex history of each city, exploring how it intertwines with their own provenance and evolution, and placing it in the larger picture of America today. The trilogy is inspired by the book "God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State" by Lawrence Wright.
Part One, GOD SAVE TEXAS: HOMETOWN PRISON, directed by Oscar® nominee Richard Linklater, debuts TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT) on HBO. Part Two, GOD SAVE TEXAS: THE PRICE OF OIL, directed by Emmy® winner Alex Stapleton, and Part Three, GOD SAVE TEXAS: LA FRONTERA, directed by Iliana Sosa, will debut back-to-back on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 (9:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT). All three parts will be available to stream on Max beginning Tuesday, February 27.
Texas is a study in contradictions – a red state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to a statewide office in more than twenty years, yet a state in which minorities form a majority and whose blue cities are some of the more diverse in the nation. GOD SAVE TEXAS puts viewers on the ground with true Texans, unspooling narratives of diversity and inequalities as well as beauty within communities, specifically examining the personal toll that the prison system, oil business, and border laws have on people living in these communities. Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa visit Huntsville, Houston, and El Paso, respectively, using their personal relationships with these cities to paint contemporary portraits of a state that still echoes our nation’s past and warns of its possible future.