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Children of 'Giant'

  • April 2015
  • 1hr

    26mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Hector Galán,

    Carolyn Pfeiffer,

    Starring

    Henry Cisneros,

    Elsa Cárdenas,

    James Dean,

    Robert Hinkle

    ...

    "Children of 'Giant'" is a documentary film that unearths deeply wrought emotions in the small West Texas town of Marfa, before, during and after the month-long production of George Stevens' 1956 feature film, "Giant." Based on the controversial Edna Ferber novel of the same name, the film, "Giant" did not shy from strong social-issue themes experienced throughout post-WWII America. George Stevens, its producer and director, purposely gravitated to the drought-ridden community of Marfa for most all of the exterior scenes.