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.
The best episode of "God Save Texas" is "God Save Texas: Hometown Prison", rated 7.8/10 from 86 user votes. It was directed by Richard Linklater and written by N/A. "God Save Texas: Hometown Prison" aired on 2/27/2024 and is rated 1.0 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "God Save Texas: The Price of Oil".
Richard Linklater chronicles daily life in Huntsville, TX, a town built on the business of incarceration.
Director: Richard Linklater
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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.
Director: Alex Stapleton
Writer: N/A
Mexican American filmmaker Iliana Sosa explores the fluidity of life on El Paso’s border.
Director: Iliana Sosa
Writer: N/A