documentary films about Texas

[iminol]

Unfortunately lockout is knocking. A lot of time watching no-basketball stuff. I am looking for documentaries about Texas / San Antonio to learn more about the city / state who I cheer.

I'm from Poland (twice smaller than Texas) - here we have such inventions as television, iron, waffle iron, and even the internet, but worse with the documents of Texas!

What can yout recommend to me? Can I watch it online somewhere or download? What is must-see material?

THANX


Texas is a state of mind. Texas is an obsession. Above all, Texas is a nation in every sense of the word - John Steinbeck

[baseline bum]

Our most famous actress is Alexis Texas. Search out some of her groundbreaking work.

[ElNono]

Our most famous actress is Alexis Texas. Search out some of her groundbreaking work.

:rollin

[lil'mo]

there are a lot of fats and lazys in tejas

[Cane]

Lonesome Dove - Not a doc but probably some of the best video you'll ever see and captures the craziness of Texans.

San Antonio's got Shawn Michaels and Summer Gau for celebs. Shawn Michaels has some docs.

:downspin:

[Supergirl]

The Education of Shelby Knox. It's a very good documentary about a Christian teenager in Lubbock,Texas who takes on the school board to try and get comprehensive sex ed for her school. Good stuff.

[ElNono]

Here's a recent noteworthy quote from current Texas governor Rick Perry:


"There is hope for America, and we will find it on our knees"


and as ChumpDumper elegantly summarized:


Sometimes the jokes write themselves.

[Splits]

All you need to know:

Our governor asks us to pray for rain (http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/04/governor-asks-for-prayer-to-he.html)

And our Coach mocks him (http://www.nba.com/2011/news/features/david_aldridge/04/25/morning-tip-defensive-changes/index.html): "Sorry, I have to go in and pray for rain because my governor told me to."

[sendman]

Unfortunately lockout is knocking. A lot of time watching no-basketball stuff. I am looking for documentaries about Texas / San Antonio to learn more about the city / state who I cheer.

I'm from Poland (twice smaller than Texas) - here we have such inventions as television, iron, waffle iron, and even the internet, but worse with the documents of Texas!

What can yout recommend to me? Can I watch it online somewhere or download? What is must-see material?

THANX

- John Steinbeck

Liar, you don't have the internet.

[mouse]

This man has the connections.

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002403527567

[iminol]

I got it. Wrong forum :)

[Slomo]

:lol yes it kinda is. I'll move it to the Club.

[Summers]

Liar, you don't have the internet.

... and the waffle iron was clearly invented in Belgium!

[Summers]

In all seriousness, this is an interesting question. We take Texas history in middle school and it's pretty interesting, but a good documentary? I don't know. I'll think about it.

[Summers]

kE4DSWQUu08

Barbecue as history lesson.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

No single film springs to mind but when you're talking Texas history (especially San Antonio history) then you damn sure better know the story of the Alamo. If you google or search on youtube for the subject I'm sure there's no shortage of stuff on line for viewing.

Beyond that, you might check out Friday Night Lights. Not a documentary, and to be honest I haven't actually seen it, but plenty of folks I know say it did the book justice. A "warts and all" look at small town Texas' love/obsession with high school football. If that proves too depressing then Varsity Blues (also not a documentary) is a slightly more upbeat take on the subject.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Here's a recent noteworthy quote from current Texas governor Rick Perry:


"There is hope for America, and we will find it on our knees"


and as ChumpDumper elegantly summarized:

Gee, I'm glad his name wasn't Mohammed Perry-Al-Doohickey......

[baseline bum]

kE4DSWQUu08

Barbecue as history lesson.

Never been to Kreuz, but Smitty's has incredible brisket.

[mouse]

http://www.texashistory.com/


http://www.texashistory.com/Store/tabid/145/List/0/CategoryID/1/Level/1/Language/en-US/Default.aspx?SortField=ProductName,ProductName

[tlongII]

Hot, Flat, & Dusty

The story of Texas

[Cuckolded Sissy]

all you need to learn about Texas you can get from watching Walker Texas Ranger

[Booharv]

Our most famous actress is Alexis Texas. Search out some of her groundbreaking work.

:lol

[mouse]

Hot,


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_O0h61kl5hik/TUxtacuOTmI/AAAAAAAAGdI/ZiKg04cJjds/s400/stadium-snow.jpg
http://icons-ecast.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/s/sdmanis/1.jpg
http://blogs.hamweather.com/wp-content/uploads/TexasSnowStorm1.jpg
http://www.ksat.com/2011/0203/26724075_240X162.jpg


Flat,


http://www.hilltexhomes.com/images/HillCountry/TexasHillCountry.jpg
http://attractions.uptake.com/blog/files/2009/05/texas_hill_country.jpg


& Dusty
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/parkguide/include/en/bigphoto_splash.jpg
http://www.city-data.com/forum/attachments/photography/44343d1246464831-water-world-rivers-rivulets-streams-lakes-caddo-lake_0068.jpg


http://smoont.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/10-incredible-underground-lakes-and-rivers-2.jpg


http://ecologyofeducation.net/wsite/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/san-antonio.jpg



The story of Texas

The Story of Portland

Dignity Village in Portland, Oregon - Photo courtesy of Portland Ground


https://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/images/copy_of_DignityVillage.jpg

[Landon Donofag]

Why don't you root for a polish team or any team from your country instead of an american team?

[mouse]

Why don't you root for a polish team or any team from your country instead of an american team?

The same reason we don't shop in a America anymore we shop at Wall-mart.


If you lived in Australia are you saying you can't root for the Lakers?

so why can't a passionate Spurs fan come from Russia?


NBA is "world wide" I thought Manu fans knew that when they rooted for his team in the Olympics. what country was that?

Who said you had to wear a Coonskin cap to be a Spurs fan?

http://www.papatodd.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Pot_Meet_Kettle.jpg

[wannabe Moderator]

:lmao


Our most famous actress is Alexis Texas. Search out some of her groundbreaking work.

[Viva Las Espuelas]

Never been to Kreuz, but Smitty's has incredible brisket.

Smithy's had pretty good brisket. I don't think I'd ever go to kreuz though. How can you just eat barbecue? I'd need some potato salad or something else to go with my carcass. Screw all that "traditional" crap.

Oh, and screw all that Memphis barbecue.

[mouse]

i also hear teengks about a documentary in da workz about the origin of barbacoa y big red (rojo grande)

Are you saying the Big Red Barbacoa tradition started in the Rio Grande?

[mouse]

I actually interviewed that man at Woodlawn Lake working on another project Manuel Cantu acted as though it was no big deal. Here he is doing a Doc on Barbacoa and BigRed and I give him the Holy grail. The man that knows more about it than anyone else. It would be like if you was doing a film on 80s porn and find out Ron Jeromy lives upstairs. I am going to keep my footage for the Trash Can Lake film and it will effect future collaboration.

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[wannabe Moderator]

the man. the mouse. the legend.


The Instigator :lmao

http://www.facebook.com/kens5

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