Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.

Forced to run from Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts in 2016.

Nel raccogliere testimonianze tra i detenuti del braccio della morte, il regista Werner Herzog si imbatte nella storia di Jason Burkett e Michael Perry, due giovani ragazzi arrestati nel 2001 per triplice omicidio e condannati rispettivamente all'ergastolo uno e a morte l'altro. Rei di aver ucciso con l'aggravante dei futili motivi - il furto di un'auto per una gita fuori porta -, vennero inchiodati da prove inconfutabili contro di loro, tanto che il verdetto della giuria non ammise scusanti. Dopo aver intervistato Perry e Burkett a solo otto giorni dall'esecuzione, al fine di esaminare le dinamiche legate al sistema giudiziario americano, il regista incontra anche i familiari delle vittime, dei colpevoli, gli agenti della polizia e le forze di legge coinvolte nella vicenda.

Gaby Diaz, an app developer from Austin, Texas, and the last unmarried sibling in her family, heads to her abuela’s house in Oaxaca, Mexico, for the holidays. When she accidentally adds Alex Alvarada, a graphic designer who’s lost touch with his own Mexican roots, to the family group chat, her family invites him to come along for the holidays.

This documentary by independent filmmaker Ken Harrison provides a look into the contemporary Texas art world of the mid-‘70s. Shot in 1975, Jackelope is loosely divided into three segments, each focusing on three young artists: James Surls, George Green, and Bob Wade. The documentary captures each artist in the more casual moments of their lives, capturing their ideas about art, the artistic process, Texas, and other topics in the process.

'Don't build prisons, they cost too much!' In this era of Great Recession, the conservative and tough-on-crime State of Texas takes an unprecedented path by becoming a social justice leader with programs that rehabilitate offenders. Looks like rape, abuse and death are no longer parts of the solution for modern-day Bonnie and Clyde...