Drums of the Desert (1927)
A big-scale outdoor melodrama-lavishly filmed to depict the mighty human drama of a dying race. 'Twill stir your blood to the quick if you like this kind of a show.
Género : Western
Tiempo de ejecución : 1H 5M
Director : John Waters
Sinopsis
John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there is oil to be found on the reservation, evil Will Newton gains entry to the area by posing as a trail guide for Elias Manton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary.
Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) el avance de las tropas estadounidenses en la campaña del Pacífico se ve seriamente obstaculizado por la capacidad de los servicios de inteligencia japoneses para descifrar los mensajes militares. A finales de 1942, son entrenados varios centenares de indios navajos para emplear un código secreto basado en su lengua materna, el único que no pudo ser descifrado por los japoneses. Los protagonistas son dos oficiales cuya misión es proteger a dos indios navajos enrolados en la Marina. Basada en hechos reales.
La deslumbrante carrera profesional del arrogante oncólogo Michael Reynolds (Woody Harrelson) cambiará de golpe cuando un paciente terminal, un indio navajo desesperado (Jon Seda), lo secuestra pistola en mano. Atravesando autopistas y carreteras solitarias, secuestrador y rehén buscan un legendario lugar de curación en territorio navajo, mientras la caza policial se cierne sobre ellos.
Josh Townsend finds himself living in New Mexico after his father's new job requires the family to move from their home in Utah. While acclimating to his new surroundings, Josh becomes involved with a group of teens attempting to preserve the buffalo and Navajo traditions. Along the way he makes friends and learns important lessons about life in this Disney Channel Original movie.
Up Heartbreak Hill chronicles the lives of three high school seniors living on the Navajo Nation and struggling to shape their identities as both Native American and modern American. They must decide whether to stay in their community - a place inextricably woven into the fiber of their beings - or leave in pursuit of educational and economic opportunities.
El teniente de caballería Jed Sayre está destinado en Navajo Country y mantiene buenas relaciones con los indios. Sin embargo, su nuevo compañero es de los que piensan que el único indio bueno es el indio muerto. En un principio, parece que Sayre consigue cambiar la forma de pensar de su compañero y comienza a vivir una historia de amor con la hermana de éste. Los problemas comienzan cuando el general confederado Storey urde un plan secreto para forzar a la caballería a unirse a las tropas del Sur antes de que comience la guerra. (FILMAFFINITY)
Muchacho Sonriente ha sido criado a la manera tradicional de los navajos y no tiene contacto con la civilización; en agudo contraste Muchacha Esbelta, educada en la ciudad, no es bien vista por los navajos por el tipo de vida que lleva, impropia de una navajo... de ahí que traten de impedir que ambos se casen.
A Native American Veteran, burdened by survivor's guilt after a disastrous military tour, is forced to search for his missing grandfather after his ancestral land is mysteriously taken over by an unknown federal organization.
A coming age film of a Navajo girl.
A convent-raised woman (Martha Vickers) learns of her American Indian heritage through romance with an educated Navajo (Philip Reed) during the 1880s.
Tres jóvenes nativos americanos , una joven cristiana adoptada, un rebelde que va a ser padre, y una transexual promiscua , se esfuerzan por escapar de las penurias de la vida en una reserva india. Nizhoni fue adoptado y criado como cristiano por una familia blanca. Los transexuales sueños de Felixxia de convertirse en un modelo, y Sickboy está dirigida a la formación básica para poder cuidar de su hijo que pronto va a nacer.
This Traveltalk series short takes viewers on a tour of old New Mexico. Starting in Santa Fe, the oldest state capitol in the USA, the city existed long before European migration. It's unique architecture is its most prominent feature. There are several archaeological sites trying to date when Indians first settled in the area. Seven percent of the population are of Indian origin. Near Taos is the onetime home of Kit Carson whose grave is one of the sacred shrines of New Mexico. The Navajo live on their 14 million acre reservation and continue their traditional way of life.
The Navajo Kid goes in search of the villains who murdered his foster-father and stole both ring and watch. The trail leads straight to Canyon City, Texas, and smooth cardsharp Honest John Grogan, who is in possession of both the stolen items. But Grogan has an ironclad alibi for the time of the murder, an alibi confirmed by none other than Sheriff Roy Landon.
Navajo Film Themselves is a series of seven short documentaries: Intrepid Shadows (1966), The Navajo Silversmith (1966), A Navajo Weaver (1966), Old Antelope Lake (1966), Second Weaver (1966), The Shallow Well Project (1966), and The Spirit of the Navajos (1966).
Un policía de Los Ángeles sigue la pista de un asesino aparentemente místico en una reserva india. (FILMAFFINITY)
A kickboxing cop abandons the violent life after he accidentally kills his opponent during a match. After quitting, he heads for the Arizona desert to live alone and occasionally work tracking drug runners for the area sheriff. One particularly wily Mexican drug lord, Santos, has been a real thorn in tracker Joe Highhawk's side, so when he encounters the beautiful Claudia and her simpleton brother Anthony running for their lives because she, an accountant, embezzled $20 million from Santos, he decides to help them. This actioner follows what happens next. Along the way, they encounter all sorts of danger, and double cross until the exciting final standoff between the kickboxer and the villain.
Fred Martinez was a Navajo youth slain at the age of 16 by a man who bragged to his friends that he 'bug-smashed a fag'. But Fred was part of an honored Navajo tradition - the 'nadleeh', or 'two-spirit', who possesses a balance of masculine and feminine traits.
Dos periodistas atraviesan el Gran Cañón a pie con la esperanza de que esta caminata de 750 millas los ayude mejor a comprender uno de los paisajes más venerados de Estados Unidos y las amenazas que lo alterarán para siempre.
After a narrow win hands Tuba City High School their 19th state championship, second place finisher Chinle sets out to topple their rivals and finally claim victory for themselves.
This short film follows Tonisha, Toneil and their family as they reclaim their Navajo history and reconnect with ancestors within the canyon walls.
