"American Playhouse" - Seguin (1982) (TV)

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Plot summary
Story of a hero of the revolution in Texas in the mid-1830s who becomes a victim of racial
and cultural prejudice." Seguin is the story of Juan Seguin, an unsung hero of the Texas Wars
for Independence and one of the Mexican defenders of the Alamo.
Don Erasmo Seguin, along with Stephen Austin, brought the first Anglo settlers
to help develop the Mexican state of Texas.
His son Juan came into conflict with his father because he sympathized with both Mexico
and the American colonists' struggle for possession of Texas.
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Episode Cast
Enrique Castillo
Henry Darrow ... Don ErasmoDanny De La Paz
Tex Hill ... Jim Bowie
John M. Jackson ... Mr Goodman
Dennis Lehane ... Storekeeper
A Martinez ... Juan Nepomuceno Seguin
Alma Martinez ... Anastacia (as Alma Martínez)
Julio Medina
Edward James Olmos ... Gen. Santa Anna
Lupe Ontiveros
Rose Portillo
Pepe Serna
León Singer
Robert Viharo ... Stephen Austin
James Patrick Lockett ... Farmhand (uncredited)

Writing Credits
Jesús Salvador Treviño writer

Cinematography
Judy Irola

Filming Locations
Alamo Village - Highway 674, Brackettville, Texas, USA
Brackettville, Texas, USA

In 1979, Jesús Treviño wrote and directed the
American Playhouse Drama Seguín
which was broadcast nationally over PBS.
The Associated Press described
it as "a sensitive, faithfully reconstructed and beautifully filmed biography

This sensitive film features evocative color cinematography
and a good central performance by a Martinez and a cast including
many of the most prominent young Hispanic American actors
of their generation. Edward James Olmos
plays a snarling and vicious Gen. Santa Anna.

Filmed as part of a proposed PBS series called La Historia,
which never received additional funding, Seguin was shown at film festivals
around the United States and in Spain. It was broadcast as part of the
PBS "American Playhouse" series.
It was filmed in 16mm on a 21-day schedule at a cost of $500,000
in Bracketville, Texas, on the sets John Wayne
had used to film The Alamo (1960)
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User Review

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SEGUIN Excellent film
6 May 2010 | by Danny De La Paz (United States) See all my reviews

SEGUIN was NOT shot in 1979, it was shot in the summer of 1980.
It was the first time that an honest depiction of one aspect of the entire ALAMO saga
was told TRUTHFULLY.
This film was shot in 16mm and shown at several film festivals across the country.
This film has significant cultural and historical value and should be shown in classrooms
throughout the U.S. The cast alone makes this film well worth watching as so many of the players
herein went on to have distinguished careers in film and television.
Judy Irola's camera work is excellent and given the restrictions of budget and time
I would have to say it's a miracle this film ever got made. This one is one to be enjoyed.

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