- Network: HBO
- Series Premiere Date: Feb 27, 2024
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Three exceptional voices had the chance to tell these stories, each both similar and distinct, and when brought together, a piece of art emerges, no doubt destined for further examination in years to come. In its simplicity, it’s powerful.
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Anchored by Richard Linklater’s exceptional feature-length “Hometown Prison,” HBO‘s God Save Texas may only be a three-part anthology docuseries, but in those three parts, it manages to be wide-ranging, timely and vitally important. .... Sosa’s “La Frontera” and Stapleton’s “The Price of Oil” are very good as well.
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Linklater’s tender, personal inquisition of how that can happen is moving and memorable. .... With such dense topics driving each hour (Episodes 2 and 3 clock in under 60 minutes), each doc has sections that feel short-changed. .... While Stapleton’s entry can skew a little too dry, Sosa’s closing episode brims with life.
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The three episodes don't break any fresh ground in terms of style or structure and aren't really trying to. They're put together like road-trip documentaries, and position each filmmaker as a combination host, reporter, local culture expert, and memoirist.