Movies and TvShows featuring "gold-mining" theme.
Gold Rush is a reality TV show that follows a group of miners as they search for gold in Alaska, Canada, Colorado, and other locations. It showcases the challenges they face, the bond within their family business, and the thrill of striking gold.
Bering Sea Gold follows a group of gold miners as they battle severe weather and challenging conditions in their search for gold on the Bering Sea seabed.
A mining partner in Alaska has invested in nearly 2,500 acres of rugged land, and they're about to go belly up. Todd will try to turn around the operation. Will he be able to do it in just six weeks before the winter season sets in?
Join the brave gold miners as they embark on dangerous and thrilling journeys in the rugged terrain of Yukon, Canada. Experience the highs and lows of the gold mining industry as these courageous individuals face harsh weather conditions, equipment malfunctions, and financial risks, all in pursuit of the precious yellow metal.
The Gold Rush miners make big moves in the brutal winter months: hunting for gold, battling for the best spots, and supersizing their operations.
Between the third and the fourth seasons, Todd Hoffman and several crew members traveled to South America to prospect for gold in Peru, Chile, and Guyana. This was covered in several episodes, in a summer season for Gold Rush.
After returning home from the Civil War, a veteran named Ringo discovers that his town has been taken over by a dangerous gang. Determined to take back his town, Ringo embarks on a mission to bring justice to the criminals and restore peace to the community.
In the 1970s, a British man becomes entangled in a dangerous gold mining scheme in South Africa, leading to a series of tragic events and uncovering a web of conspiracy. As he explores the perilous underground world of gold mining, he must navigate through a dysfunctional marriage, manipulative individuals, and the unforgiving criminal underworld.
Renowned as the richest gold strike in North American mining history, the Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) set off a stampede of over 100,000 people on a colossal journey from Alaska to the gold fields of Canada's Yukon Territory. Filled with the frontier spirit, prospectors came and gave rise to what was one of the largest cities in Canada at that time - Dawson City. The boomtown, which became known as "the Paris of the North", earned the reputation as a place where lives could be revolutionized. Brought to life with excerpts from the celebrated book The Klondike Stampede - published in 1900 by Harper's Weekly correspondent Tappan Adney - and featuring interviews with award-winning author Charlotte Gray, and historians Terrence Cole and Michael Gates, The Klondike Gold Rush is an incredible story of determination, luck, fortune, and loss. In the end, it isn't all about the gold, but rather the journey to the Klondike itself.
In the treacherous wilds of British Columbia, six prospectors pursue a cursed cache of gold worth billions. With just a few short weeks to complete their mission, they'll combine their skills to find the fortune, or fall victim to the curse.
"When the shamans stop dancing and life in the rainforest loses its balance, the sky will collapse and come to crush everything." This wisdom is passed down from generation to generation by the Yanomami of Brazil. But gold miners are polluting the rivers, shamans are dying, the rainforest is disappearing and the earth is getting hotter. Davi Kopenawa, a tribal leader and spokesman for the Yanomami, has been fighting relentlessly against the colonization of his land for 40 years. He warns Westerners that when the sky collapses, they too will be crushed. Why don't they listen? Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.
Lucy Whipple, a young girl, moves with her family to a wild western town after the death of her brother. She struggles to adapt to her new life and faces challenges including racial prejudice, a murder trial, and her mother's abusive husband. Along the way, she finds solace in books and storytelling.
Petr, a recently discharged officer, arrives in a tiny mining town in the remote Siberian taiga to hunt for gold. When he finds it, the other prospectors cannot forgive his luck.
Dawson City: Frozen Time is a documentary film that tells the story of the history and cultural significance of Dawson City, a town in Yukon, Canada. The film explores the discovery of a collection of silent films that have been preserved in the permafrost for decades, as well as the Klondike Gold Rush and other key moments in the city's past.
A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.
Ten years after an enormous open-pit gold mine began operations in Malartic, the hoped-for economic miracle is nothing more than a mirage. Filmmaker Nicolas Paquet explores the glaring contrast between the town’s decline and the wealth of the mining company, along with the mechanisms of an opaque decision-making system in which ordinary people have little say. Part anthropological study, part investigation into the corridors of power, Malartic addresses the fundamental issue of sustainable and fair land management.
Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.
While in an army camp waiting to be discharged, Lt. Frank Hayden sees a fellow officer, Capt. Kincaid, attacking a girl. He stops Kincaid, thrashing him soundly in the process. However, to avoid a court-martial for striking a fellow officer, Hayden deserts and flees to the desert. He comes across Tom Doyle, who is stranded and dying of thirst, and takes Doyle back to his home. He meets and falls in love with Doyle's daughter Kitty.
River of Gold is a documentary that highlights the detrimental impact of gold mining on the Amazon River. It explores the connection between illegal mining, mercury poisoning, and the destruction of biodiversity in the Amazon rainforest.