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(from HBO's web site, February 2024) God Save Texas puts viewers on the ground with true Texans, examining the personal toll that the prison system, oil business, and border laws have had on them. Directors Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa visit Huntsville, Houston, and El Paso, respectively, to paint contemporary portraits of a state that still echoes our nation’s past and warns of its possible future. HBO Documentary Films presents a Jigsaw Production in association with Film 44, inspired by the book by Lawrence Wright God Save Texas: A Journey into the Soul of the Lone Star State. Directors, Richard Linklater, Alex Stapleton, and Iliana Sosa; executive producers, Lawrence Wright, Alex Gibney, Richard Linklater, Peter Berg, Michael Lombardo, Elizabeth Rogers, Stacey Offman, and Richard Perello. For HBO: executive producers, Nancy Abraham and Lisa Heller; senior producer, Tina Nguyen. |
