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Renowned sculptor John Houser has a dream: to build the world's tallest bronze equestrian statue for the city of El Paso, Texas. He envisions a stunning monument to the Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate that will pay tribute to the contributions Hispanic people made to building the American West. But as the project nears completion troubles arise. Native Americans are outraged — they remember Oñate as the man who brought genocide to their land. | Read the full synopsis »

Premiered: July 15, 2008 at 10PM | Check for Rebroadcasts

Special Features:Film Update:
Behind the Lens: Filmmakers John Valadez and Cristina Ibarra

"The film is less about the statue, and more about people seeing the statue, and peoples' inability to see the perspectives of others in their community."
  —John Valadez and
       Cristina Ibarra

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The Oñate monument in the process of being sculptued

A RENAISSANCE OF MISUNDERSTANDING

The Last Conquistador filmmaker John Valadez says that he has "never made a film with this much sadness" in his update on what has happened in El Paso since filming ended.   » 
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Posted July 14, 2008

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