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In "God Save Texas: The Price of Oil," documentarian Alex Stapleton interviews family members whose lives have been impacted by environmental racism while living in the shadow of Houston's oil refineries.

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Texans have long taken pride in the fact that their state is “like a whole other country,” but the truth is, in many ways, it’s like a whole other Louisiana.

The film-maker is one of three directors behind the docuseries God Save Texas looking at the issues facing those living in the state, some a matter of life and death

The film-maker is one of three directors behind the docuseries God Save Texas looking at the issues facing those living in the state, some a matter of life and death

Wedding the deeply personal to the political, “God Save Texas” turns three filmmakers loose on their hometowns, using their memories and current realities to explore the justice system, race and environmentalism through the complex prism of the very conservative Lone Star State. With Lawrence Wright’s book as connective tissue, it’s a pointed look at what director Richard Linklater calls “hometowns and the American consciousness.”

Wedding the deeply personal to the political, “God Save Texas” turns three filmmakers loose on their hometowns, using their memories and current realities to explore the justice system, race and environmentalism through the complex prism of the very conservative Lone Star State. With Lawrence Wright’s book as connective tissue, it’s a pointed look at what director Richard Linklater calls “hometowns and the American consciousness.”

Texas is more diverse and more complicated than its government or its gerrymandered electoral maps reflect.

By Brian Lowry, CNN

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