

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.

Richard Linklater chronicles daily life in Huntsville, TX, a town built on the business of incarceration.
Aired: 2/27/2024
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.
Aired: 2/28/2024
Mexican American filmmaker Iliana Sosa explores the fluidity of life on El Paso’s border.
Aired: 2/28/2024Sign in to share your thoughts with the community.