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POV 2008: Last Conquistador
  • The Results Are In! POV Educators Give Feedback
    For National Teacher Appreciation Week POV is sharing some inspiring stats and anecdotes from our 2011 Educator's Survey.
    POV Staff 4 min read May 10, 2012 POV Films Blog Comments
  • The Last Conquistador's John Valadez Answers Viewer Questions
    John Valadez, along with Cristina Ibarra, is the co-director of The Last Conquistador. After the film aired on July 15, viewers wrote in with questions for John and Cristina on the POV Blog. Read on as John answers questions about John Houser, handling angry reactions from viewers and what’s happening in El Paso now. Anne […]
    Ruiyan Xu 5 min read July 28, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • What's Your POV about 'The Last Conquistador?
    It sounded like a perfect partnership. Renowned sculptor John Houser dreamed of building the world’s tallest bronze equestrian statue, a stunning monument to the Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate that would pay tribute to the contributions Hispanic people made to building the American West. The city of El Paso, Texas, was looking to improve its […]
    theresa 2 min read July 14, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Ask the Filmmakers: The Last Conquistador's John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra
    When John J. Valadez and Cristina Ibarra, learned that the city of El Paso had commissioned a sculptor to create a statue of Juan de Oñate, they knew they wanted to document the controversial public arts project that had come to be seen as a monument to culture by some, and as a glorification of […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read July 14, 2008 Documentary News Comments
  • Doc Soup: Docs as Art or Activism?
    On Tuesday night, you’re going to get to see a very compelling doc called The Last Conquistador, about sculptor John Houser‘s building of the largest bronze equestrian statue in El Paso. The good people at POV gave me a DVD screener of the film, so I got to see it and I have a lot […]
    Tom Roston 2 min read July 14, 2008 Doc Soup Comments
  • 2008 POV Preview: 'Last Conquistador'
    Today, we continue looking ahead to our upcoming season. On Tuesday, July 15, POV will broadcast The Last Conquistador, by John Valadez and Cristina Ibarra. 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 […]
    Catherine Jhee 1 min read May 9, 2008 Documentary News Comments