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1) Settlers
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a remote homestead on the Martian frontier, a refugee family from Earth clings to hope for a better life. But when strangers appear in the surrounding hills and attempt to run them off, nine-year-old Remmy (Brooklyn Prince) is faced with the desperate reality her mother (Sofia Boutella) and father (Jonny Lee Miller) have tried so hard to keep from her.
Publisher
Oscilloscope Pictures
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wagon train of three families has hired mountain man Stephen Meek to guide them over the Cascade Mountains. Claiming to know a shortcut, Meek leads the group on an unmarked path across the high plain desert, only to become lost in the dry rock and sage. Over the coming days, the emigrants face the scourges of hunger, thirst, and their own lack of faith in each other's instincts for survival. When they encounter a Native American, they must choose...
3) Aniara
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Swedish
Formats
Description
When a ship carrying settlers from Earth to Mars is knocked off-course, passengers must wrestle with the reality that home may be a lot further away than they thought. Crew member MR operates a sentient computer that allows humans to experience idyllic memories of their lives on Earth. As the ship drifts further into space, MR must keep passengers calm amid a growing sense of disaster.
4) The West
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the history of the American West, starting with the first European explorations and ending with the beginning of the 20th century. Examines the impact of the white settlers on the lives of the Native Americans and the land. Also discusses the Gold Rush, the Civil War, the building of the transcontinental railroad, the battle of Little Bighorn, and the massacre at Wounded Knee.
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
With the Ring Gates now open to thousands of new planets, a blood-soaked gold rush begins, igniting new conflicts between Earth, Mars, and the Belt. Meanwhile, on one unexplored planet, the Rocinante crew gets caught in a violent clash between an Earth mining corporation and desperate Belter settlers as deadly new threats from the protomolecule emerge.
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003], c1991
Language
English
Description
The Mousekewitz family discovers the streets of America are not all paved with cheese, and living in a mouse tenement does not offer the life they hoped for. Young Tanya dreams of becoming a famous singer, and Fievel wants to become a tough lawdog like his hero Wylie Burp. Lured out west by the crafty entrepreneur Cat R. Waul, Fievel discovers the evil gentleman's true plans to turn the settlers into mouse-burgers. Enlisting the aid of his cat friend...
7) Cimarron
Language
English
Description
April 22, 1889. Tens of thousands of hopeful homesteaders are poised at the Oklahoma border, waiting for the gunshots that will send them on a fevered dash to claim a share of two million acres free for the taking. The spectacular Oklahoma Land Rush is just one of many pivotal moments in this rousing saga based on the novel by Edna Ferber. It is an epic tale set where towns spring up, black gold rains, greed vies with goodness, and settlers sink roots...
8) Far from men
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
In 1954 a reclusive ex-soldier is thrown into the woes of rebellion when he's ordered to escort a villager accused of murder to prison during the Algerian War. As their journey leads them through a deadly fire-fight between settlers and rebels, the two men on opposite sides of the conflict must join forces to survive.
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
עברית
Description
Explores the four-decade-old Israeli military legal system in the Occupied Territories. Since Israel conquered the territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip in the 1967 War, the military has imposed thousand of orders and laws, established military courts, sentenced hundreds of thousand of Palestinians, enabled half a million Israeli "settlers" to move to the Occupied Territories and developed a system of long-term jurisdiction by an occupying army...
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Characters and themes from Stephen King's multiple universes converge in the fictional town of Castle Rock. In season two a feud between warring clans comes to a boil when budding psychopath Annie Wilkes, nurse from hell, gets waylaid in Castle Rock. And as the town celebrates its 400th anniversary, Castle Rock's first settlers -- including Henry Deaver -- find themselves joining in the festivities.
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Reveals the shared narratives found in hate, and how we as a species can overcome them. With unprecedented access to the White Supremacist movement, Christian Fundamentalism, Muslim Extremism, the Palestinian Intifada, Israeli Settlers, and US Forces in Iraq, the film juxtaposes this footage with interview from leading social scientists and intersperses stories told by former 'combatants.'
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