Movies: Water rights
- 1958
The Big Country (1958)
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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....
- 1988
The Milagro Beanfield War (1988)
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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....
- 1997
Cadillac Desert: Water and the Transformation of Nature (1997)
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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....
- 1948
Mark of the Lash (1948)
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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....
- 1943
Colt Comrades (1943)
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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...
- 2016
Killing the Colorado (2016)
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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....
- 2012
A Thirsty World (2012)
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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....
- 1946
Gentlemen With Guns (1946)
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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....
- 1941
In Old Colorado (1941)
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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....
- 1942
Arizona Round-Up (1942)
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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....
- 1955
Treasure of Ruby Hills (1955)
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Ranchers battle one another over water rights. Western....
- 1926
Ace of Action (1926)
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Two families feud over possession of a valuable waterhole....
- 2018
Sacred Land, Sacred Water: Confluences in the Rio Grande Valley (2018)
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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 ...
- 1983
The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area? (1983)
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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....