Movies and TvShows featuring "stephen-f-austin-character" theme.

During the Texas Revolution, a group of soldiers defends the Alamo against the Mexican army. The film explores the bravery and sacrifices made by the defenders of the fort as they face overwhelming odds.

The First Texan is a movie that tells the story of Sam Houston, the first President of Texas. Set in the 1830s during the Texas Revolution, the film follows Houston's journey from a lawyer to a military general, leading the Texan army to battle against the Mexican forces. The movie explores Houston's relationships, his involvement in key historical events, and his crucial role in the fight for independence.

In early spring of 1833, the smoldering resentment of American settlers in Texas against their oppression by Mexico dictator General Santa Anna/Ana coming to a head. When a decree is issued that no more Americans may enter Texas, William H. Wharton, fiery head of a faction determined on independence or nothing, warns Stephen F. Austin that the time for half-measures is past. Austin, responsible for bringing the Americans to Texas as colonists, reminds Wharton that a settler's revolt against Mexico would dishonor his name and the arrangements he had with the Mexican government. He gets the "Whartonites" to agree to a general convention of all colonists. Almerian Dickinson, biggest land owner in the settlement of Gonzales, deeply in love with his wife Anne, warns Wharton that a bloody revolt would endanger every wife and mother in the colony. He proposes they send Austin to Mexico City to ask Santa Anna to grant Texans a voice in their own government.