Film shows fight over El Paso conquistador statue

The drama caused by the statue is featured in the documentary “The Last Conquistador,” which airs nationally Tuesday on the PBS series P.O.V. The film is part of Art&Seek, a series by Dallas’ KERA focusing on arts, journalism and community.

“The Last Conquistador” follows artist John Sherrill Houser as he sets out to build a statue of Onate, an explorer who founded the first European settlements in the upper Rio Grande Valley and established what would become the cities of El Paso, Texas and Sante Fe, New Mexico. Called “The Equestrian,” the statue depicts Onate atop a towering Andalusian stallion.”*

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