Movies: Water rights

  • 1958
    The Big Country

    The Big Country (1958)

    The Big Country

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    Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land....

    The Big Country
  • 1988
    The Milagro Beanfield War

    The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)

    The Milagro Beanfield War

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    The accidental breakdown of an irrigation valve launches a hot confrontation between the mainly Latino farmers in a tiny New Mexico town and the real estate developers and politicians determined to acquire their land for a golf resort....

    The Milagro Beanfield War
  • 1942
    Arizona Round-Up

    Arizona Round-Up (1942)

    Arizona Round-Up

    4.51942HD

    Tom Kenyon and his sidekick Pierre La Farge are hired by rancher Mike O'Day who, with his daughters Toni and Sugar, provides wild horses for the government remount station....

    Arizona Round-Up
  • 1955
    Treasure of Ruby Hills

    Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)

    Treasure of Ruby Hills

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    Ranchers battle one another over water rights. Western....

    Treasure of Ruby Hills
  • 2012
    A Thirsty World

    A Thirsty World (2012)

    A Thirsty World

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    Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural resources of our planet....

    A Thirsty World
  • 1997
    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature

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    Documentary on water usage, money, politics, the transformation of nature, and the growth of the American west, shown on PBS as a four-part miniseries....

    Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature
  • 1946
    Gentlemen With Guns

    Gentlemen With Guns (1946)

    Gentlemen With Guns

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    While Fuzzy is waiting for his mail order bride, McCallister frames him for murder. McCallister then advises Matilda to marry Fuzzy so she will get the money when he is hung. But Billy breaks up the wedding and goes after the real killer....

    Gentlemen With Guns
  • 1948
    Mark of the Lash

    Mark of the Lash (1948)

    Mark of the Lash

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    There's a dispute over water rights, and every lawman that arrives to settle the score is killed. It's up to Lash to settle the score and find out who is behind all the killings....

    Mark of the Lash
  • 2016
    Killing the Colorado

    Killing the Colorado (2016)

    Killing the Colorado

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    The drought in the American West is predicted to be the worst in 1,000 years. Join five Academy Award-winning filmmakers as they explore the environmental crisis of our time and how to fix it before it's too late....

    Killing the Colorado
  • 1941
    In Old Colorado

    In Old Colorado (1941)

    In Old Colorado

    6.51941HD

    Joe Weller has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have the ranchers do each other in then move in and take over. Hoppy and the good guys won't let this happen....

    In Old Colorado
  • 1943
    Colt Comrades

    Colt Comrades (1943)

    Colt Comrades

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    Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are having their access to water blocked by a dam owned by a greedy merchant in town, who is intent on driving them out and taking their land for himself...

    Colt Comrades
  • 1926
    Ace of Action

    Ace of Action (1926)

    Ace of Action

    01926HD

    Two families feud over possession of a valuable waterhole....

    Ace of Action
  • 2018
    Sacred Land, Sacred Water: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley

    Sacred Land, Sacred Water: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley (2018)

    Sacred Land, Sacred Water: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley

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    Sacred Land, Sacred Water, a multimedia documentary, is the story of science and citizens working together to resist the oil and gas lobby’s efforts to pass a fracking-friendly ordinance in Sandoval County, New Mexico - threatening the sole drinking ...

    Sacred Land, Sacred Water: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley
  • 1983
    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? (1983)

    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

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    Documents the cultural and ecological impacts of coal stripmining, uranium mining, and oil shale development in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona – homeland of the Hopi and Navajo....

    The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?