

Children of Giant
Season 2015 Episode 1 | 1h 24m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
Explore the legacy of a Hollywood film that highlighted racial divides in the Southwest.
In the summer of 1955, Hollywood descended on the dusty West Texas town of Marfa as production began on the highly anticipated movie Giant. Based on Edna Ferber’s controversial novel, the film was a different kind of western and one of the first to explore the racial divide between Anglos and Mexican Americans in the Southwest.
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Children of Giant
Season 2015 Episode 1 | 1h 24m 55sVideo has Closed Captions
In the summer of 1955, Hollywood descended on the dusty West Texas town of Marfa as production began on the highly anticipated movie Giant. Based on Edna Ferber’s controversial novel, the film was a different kind of western and one of the first to explore the racial divide between Anglos and Mexican Americans in the Southwest.
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