Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains is a movie that portrays a family's struggles and relationships amidst the backdrop of urbanization in China. It delves into the challenges they face due to forced relocation, lack of money, and redevelopment. The story revolves around a 70th birthday celebration that brings out conflicts between family members. With elements of romance and drama, the movie addresses themes of love, loss, and societal changes.
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks is a documentary that depicts the lives of individuals living in an industrial town in modern China. It explores the challenges faced by the working-class people, including poverty, forced relocation, and the struggle for survival. The film focuses on the father-son relationship within a railwayman's family and sheds light on the impact of industrialization on society.
After their factory is shut down, a group of factory workers in Picardy, France, hires a contract killer to seek revenge on their former boss. The story takes unexpected turns with elements of surrealism and dark humor. The characters navigate themes of terminal cancer, forced relocation, and the aftermath of September 11th.
In a small village in Lesotho, an old woman's funeral sparks a resistance against a dam project that threatens their way of life. The community struggles to preserve their traditions and resist forced relocation as they face the loss of their homes and rural lifestyle. Amid grief, resistance, and an existential crisis, the village fights for their land and the memory of their ancestors.
An angry Seminole chief wages war after his tribe is relocated from Florida to the American West.
Up the Yangtze is a documentary that explores the effects of the construction of the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in China. It follows the lives of people who are affected by the dam, including a young girl forced to leave her home and work on a cruise ship.
In the Crosswind is a visually stunning portrayal of the mass deportations carried out by the Soviet Union in 1941. It follows the story of an Estonian woman who, along with her husband, is sent to Siberia and subjected to the harsh conditions of a prison camp. Through mesmerizing tableaux vivants, the film captures the suffering, hope, and resilience of the victims as they navigate through the brutalities of their captivity.
In post-war Vienna, a ballet dancer finds herself caught in the midst of Cold War espionage as she forms a romantic connection with an Englishman. Amidst the political tension and threats of dismissal, they must navigate the dangerous world of subversive activities and betrayal.
La Buena Vida - The Good Life is a documentary film that explores the consequences of coal mining on the lives of the villagers. It delves into the issues of displacement, corporate crimes, and the greed of the coal industry. The film highlights the struggle faced by the indigenous community and the neo-colonialist exploitation of natural resources.
Documentary chronicling the government relocation of 10,000 Navajo Indians in Arizona.
This short documentary chronicles a four-month period between 1979 and 1980 when residents of Hawaii's Sand Island "squatter" community attempted to resist eviction from the Honolulu shoreline - resulting in displacement, arrests, and the destruction of a community.
Documentation of the encroachment of European settlers upon Native American lands and the violent reaction of the Indians in their struggle to survive.
Stealing a Nation is a documentary that tells the story of the forced relocation of the Chagos Islanders by the United Kingdom in order to establish a military base. It explores the history of imperialism and the human rights abuses suffered by the Chagos Islanders. The film exposes the deception and land theft committed by the British colonial government and sheds light on the geopolitical interests that drove these actions. It also highlights the impact of forced relocation on the displaced people, who were left in poverty and slums in Mauritius and Seychelles. Stealing a Nation exposes the dark side of colonialism and sheds light on the hidden impacts of imperialism.
An Indian village is forced to leave its land by white settlers, and must make a long and weary journey to find a new home. The settlers make one young Indian woman stay behind. This woman is thus separated from her sweetheart, whose elderly father needs his help on the journey ahead
In 1969, the federal government expropriated two hundred and fifteen families in eight towns of New Brunswick in order to build a national park. Not only did these families lose their homes and their memories, they also lost their livelihoods.
In California, a young Caucasian girl and a Japanese-American boy defy local prejudices and secretly marry on Dec. 7, 1941, minutes before Pearl Harbor is attacked.
Zip, a 17 year-old Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball pitcher, faces the tragic circumstances of the World War II internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry. Set in a relocation camp in the summer of 1943, this film chronicles the journey of an American family torn apart by a forced and unjust incarceration, a father's decision that challenges his son to find strength, and ultimately his son's triumph through courage, sacrifice and the All-American game of baseball.
1985 documentary film about Min Yasui, an attorney from Oregon, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Quaker college student in Washington, and Fred Korematsu, a San Francisco welder and how their lives were affected by Japanese American internment during World War II.
Drama about a young Chinese girl who arrives in London to pursue her dreams, and the three men who fall for her. In order to study music, Lan Lan must marry her sponsor's son, for whom she has no affection. She eventually takes flight and befriends a Chinese engineer and his flatmate. Together they set up an illegal Chinese food takeaway, but as the business flourishes, the tensions in their relationship surface.
The Trail Of Tears: Cherokee Legacy is a documentary that tells the story of the forced relocation of Native Americans from their ancestral lands in the southeastern United States to new territories in the West, commonly known as the Trail Of Tears. This tragic event resulted in the loss of thousands of lives and forever changed the lives of the Native American tribes involved. Through historical accounts and personal stories, the film sheds light on this dark chapter in American history.