Forging Texas Series
Season of Victory
Episode Three explores the Battle of San Jacinto, a fight some historians have referred to as "one of the most one-sided victories in history." General Sam Houston and some 900 Texians faced Santa Anna’s approximately 1,300 troops on April 21, 1836 in what would ultimately decide the fate of Texas’ Independence.
Home
Two Vietnamese sibling refugees must navigate their new lives in Houston, Texas following the Vietnam War.
Making of a Classic
Black filmmakers began creating independent pictures, known as Race Films, as early as 1905. “The Blood of Jesus,” which began filming in 1941 in Texas, proved to be one of the most decisive pictures in BLack Cinema history.
The Long Ride
A group of Texas Rangers investigate a massacre of a ranch family in the early days of the Texas Republic.
Season of Revolution
The story of the Texas Revolution is the story of ourselves: who we are, how we came to be, and what we mean. It speaks to us today because its issues are our own. How do we live in liberty? How do we resist tyranny? What do we owe to our community? What are we willing to endure for our children’s futures? The revolutionaries of the Texas past gave the best possible answers to each of these questions — and we owe it to them to aspire to their standard.
Season of Defeat
“It’s more important than ever that we remember the lives that were lost and sacrifices that were made to win the freedom we enjoy in Texas,” said TPPF Executive Director Kevin Roberts, Ph.D. “In Episode 2 of our ‘Forging Texas’ film series, we tell the disturbing—and true—story of the Goliad massacre. More than 400 brave Texian prisoners of war were killed by Mexican Gen. Santa Anna’s troops, in defiance of the accepted rules of war. But the tyrant didn’t crush a rebellion, as he hoped. Instead, he added fuel to the flame of revolution.”
Trailboss
A young girl in late 1800s Texas is forced to manage the sale of her family's cattle after the head of the family falls ill.