DescriptionIn this classic from the Lone Star State, John Graves learns that the river he knew and loved as a youth, the Brazos in north-central Texas, is slated to be dammed at multiple points - and he understands that things will never be the same. Goodbye to a River is a poignant narrative of one man's journey by canoe down the river of his memories. Along the way, he describes the colorful Texas landscape and recounts its rich history.
DescriptionDrawing upon his childhood memories of West Texas, artist, musician, and writer Terry Allen has created this magical, multi-layered evening in the tradition of Southern story-telling. As Allen explains, "Dugout is a love story; an investigation into how memory is invented." Performed by Jo Harvey Allen. Original music written and performed by Terry Allen, Richard Bowden, and Lloyd Maines.
DescriptionThe Mexican War has recently ended and scattered outposts of the U.S. Army are attempting to bring order to the newly won territory of Texas. Cavalry officer Major Lee Stuart barely escapes with his life when his troop is attacked during a desert sortie by renegades, headed by "El Falcon". But when Stuart returns to his base, he is accused of deserting his men and branded a traitor. To avenge his reputation, he sets out on a single-handed search for "El Falcon", little knowing that the brutal leader is intent on wiping out the entire U.S. Army forces in Texas.
DescriptionIn 1861, Rusty Shannon rides out from the family homestead to join a company of Texas volunteers dedicated to protecting settlers against Indian raids, but he carries a heavy burden. Twenty years ago his family was killed by a Comanche war party; now Mike Shannon, the only family Rusty has known, has been bushwhacked and murdered, and the father and brother of the woman he loves have been lynched. Yet Rusty is determined to take up his adoptive father's work as a Texas Ranger even though his duties as a ranger conflict with his sense of justice.
DescriptionIt begins with an explosion: Sunset Jones kills her husband with a bullet to the brain. Never mind that he was raping her. Pete Jones was constable of the small sawmill town of Camp Rapture ("Camp Rupture" to the local blacks), where no woman, least of al…
Description19-year-old Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlings agrees to drive his friend Raymond "Mouse" Alexander from Houston, Texas to Pariah, Texas to retrieve money from Mouse's stepfather, Daddy Reese. The volatile Mouse plans to use the money to marry EttaMae - but the whole plan is more complicated than it seems. It's 1939, they're traveling in a 1936 Ford that Mouse has "borrowed, " and they're about to enter a mysterious bayou world of sex, voodoo, revenge, and death.
DescriptionIn this story of haves vs. have-nots, past vs. present, justice vs. the justice system, Texas defense attorney Billy Bob Holland has his work cut out for him. According to Billy Bob's grandfather, you do well in life by keeping your roots in a clear stream and not letting anyone taint the water for you. But in Billy Bob's dusty little hometown of Deaf Smith, local kingpin Earl Deitrich has made his fortune running roughshod and tainting anyone who stands in his way. Now Billy Bob finds himself fighting Deitrich in court and fighting his own desire for the kingpin's beautiful wife, Peggy Jean.
