Andrew Morgan’s latest feature documentary film, Texas, USA, has been announced with an October 6, 2023 wide digital release with cast-attended premiere events in NYC, Washington DC, Austin, Marfa and Houston, Texas between late September and the release date.
Watch the official trailer here:
Texas, USA made its star-studded world premiere in NYC at the Crosby Street Hotel, with Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Julianne Moore, Livia Firth, Rupert Friend, Aimee Mullins and more in attendance, as well as characters from the documentary Adri Pérez, Tory Gavito (Way to Win) and Brianna Brown (Texas Organizing Project). Producers Zach Morgan and Sarah Labowitz were also in attendance.
The screening was followed by a talk-back Q&A hosted by Samata Pattinson, with Brianna Brown, Tory Gavito, Adri Pérez and Andrew Morgan fielding questions about the film and its themes.
Left to right: Ginny Goldman, Tory Gavito (cast), Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Michelle Tremillo, Andrew Morgan, Adri Pérez (cast), Aimee Mullins, Julianne Moore, Rupert Friend, Samata Pattinson, Brianna Brown (cast), Sarah Labowitz, Zach Morgan, Livia Firth.
Other images from the premiere here:
ABOVE: Texas USA cast members and Julianne Moore : Left to right: Brianna Brown, Julianne Moore, Tory Gavito, Adri Perez
ABOVE: Attendees of the premiere – Left to right: Kyra Sedgwick, Kevin Bacon, Andrew Morgan, Livia Firth, Aimee Mullins, Julianne Moore, Rupert Friend
ABOVE: Left to right: Samata Pattinson, Michelle Tremillo, Andrew Morgan, Ginny Goldman, Brianna Brown, Tory Gavito, Adri Pérez, Zach Morgan, Sarah Labowitz
Texas, USA is a feature documentary following then-candidates Greg Casar, Beto O’Rourke, and Lina Hidalgo as well as activists and organizers who are showing what real progress looks like in a 30-year-running red-controlled state.
It also includes Dallas-based organizer Brianna Brown (above top) of the Texas Organizing Project, and Austin-based advocates Tory Gavito of Way To Win and Adri Pérez (above bottom) , one of the most recognizable trans advocates in the state.
Told through the stories of a group of organizers, activists, and candidates, Texas, USA is a film about the fight for real and lasting change in Texas and beyond, featuring candidates and organizers who never give up on our democracy. This is an underdog story about those who are challenging decades of right-wing power across the state and around the country.
The film showcases what it takes to fight for a stronger democracy, and in the words of Barbara Jordan, to close the gap between the reality and the promise of America. The film showcases a group of people who challenge traditional views of Texas and its politics; together, they are young, diverse, and progressive.
We meet the characters in January 2022 in the leadup to primary elections that will define the general election in November. Over the course of the midterm year, they will shape a political ecosystem whose goal is to build power for people in communities who historically have been left out of the political process.
The film is less interested in the horse race of a particular political contest; instead, it focuses on the humanity and persistence of people who are working for their communities within a democratic process that is on shaky ground.
Throughout the year, they face enormous obstacles in increasingly extreme and anti-democratic policies, including the harshest voter suppression laws in the country.
The three main characters are candidates at different levels. Beto O’Rourke, 50, is running for governor against Greg Abbott, one of the country’s most outspoken conservatives, after losing a high profile race for Senate against Ted Cruz in 2018.
Greg Casar, 33, is competing in a newly-formed Congressional district after serving for 6 years as the most progressive member of Austin’s City Council. Lina Hidalgo, 31 (above) is running for re-election as chief executive of Harris County, a county of 4.8 million people that includes the city of Houston. Taken together, these characters paint a picture of a new kind of Texas politician: young, progressive, and deeply connected to Texas’ Latino culture and history.
Texas, USA will be available on all digital platforms October 6, 2023, with premiere events held as follows. All attending personalities and potential media opps will be announced closer to premiere events.
Cast and Crew-Attended Premiere Events:
Sep 19, 6pm – Crosby Street Hotel – NYC
Sep 20, 6pm – Landmark Atlantic Plumbing Cinema – Washington, DC
Sep 22, 6pm – Austin Film Society Cinema – Austin, TX
Oct 6, 6pm- Deluxe Theater – Houston, TX
Oct 7, 6pm – Truckland – Marfa, TX
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