Movies and TvShows featuring "irrigation" theme.

In the midst of a severe famine in Malawi, a young boy named William uses his knowledge of science and engineering to build a windmill and bring irrigation to his village. Based on a true story.

Minari tells the story of a Korean-American family who moves to a small farm in Arkansas in the 1980s. The family faces various challenges as they try to achieve their version of the American Dream. The film explores themes of family relationships, cultural assimilation, and the pursuit of hope and fulfillment.

Joseph, a young dreamer, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. However, his gift of interpreting dreams helps him rise to power in Egypt, where he becomes a trusted advisor to the Pharaoh.

A visionary sheik believes his passion for salmon fishing can enrich the lives of his people, and he dreams of bringing the sport to the not so fish-friendly desert. Willing to spare no expense, he instructs his representative to turn the dream into reality, an extraordinary feat that will require the involvement of Britain's leading fisheries expert who happens to think the project both absurd and unachievable. That is, until the Prime Minister's overzealous press secretary latches on to it as a 'good will' story. Now, this unlikely team will put it all on the line and embark on an upstream journey of faith and fish to prove the impossible, possible.

Mother India tells the story of Radha, a strong-willed woman who faces poverty, tragedy, and societal pressures while trying to raise her children in a village. She battles against a money-lender, deals with the loss of her limbs, and sacrifices her own happiness for the sake of her family.

Evolution of a Filipino Family follows the lives of a rural family in the Philippines as they face the challenges of poverty, political oppression, and personal hardships. The film explores their struggles with agriculture, mining, and the constant threat of violence and displacement. It also delves into the complex dynamics of family relationships and the evolution of Filipino society over the years.

In a farming community in New Mexico, a group of locals battles against a land developer who wants to take over their land. With the help of a guardian angel, they come up with a plan to protect their livelihood and fight for their rights.

Uprooted from their comfortable home in Pennsylvania, James and Kate Tanner, along with their sons, Virgil and Andy, journey to the wild country of 1890s Wyoming to become farmers. Soon, they come face-to-face with tornadoes, bears and wolves. But through the hardships their love for each other endures, even when a local rancher sees the newcomers as "squatters" on his land, and will stop at nothing – including murder – to drive them out.

The Winning of Barbara Worth is a silent film about an engineer who works to develop the desert wasteland through irrigation. The film explores a romantic triangle between the engineer, a land developer, and a settler woman. It also includes elements of a classical Western, with scenes of sandstorms, rattlesnakes, and a payroll robbery. The story follows the characters as they navigate through various challenges, including a panic, lynching, flood, evacuation, and dust storms. Along the way, the engineer becomes a dam builder and adopts an orphan. Based on a novel, the film showcases the struggles and triumphs of transforming the barren Colorado River region.

Lovers Like Us is a romantic adventure film that follows the story of two lovers who decide to start a new life together after escaping from prison. Along the way, they encounter various challenges and obstacles, including a breach of contract, a famous painting, and a private investigation. As they navigate through their new life, they discover the power of love and the impact it can have on their journey.

Saving Grace is a comedy-drama about a widow who becomes a shepherd and performs miracles in a small Italian village. She uses her newfound power to save the village from drought by building an irrigation system with the help of a former priest. The story is filled with humor and heart as the widow navigates through the challenges of her new role and finds unexpected love and community along the way.

A medical student named Peter is on his way to a prestigious internship when he gets stranded in Humboldt County, a remote area known for its marijuana production. He ends up staying with a quirky couple who are heavily involved in the local drug-dealing scene. As Peter immerses himself in the marijuana culture, he begins to question his own ambitions and priorities.

Fresh out of university, agricultural engineer Voica Teodorescu returns to her native village where she joins a local team of engineers in the planning of a dam and an irrigation mega project.Although Voica is engaged to be married to Ilarie she also is romantically attracted to local engineer Radu. Radu doesn't agree with local boss Vasile Axente's management style and deems Vasile incompetent.Therefore, Radu tries to form an alliance with the village vice-mayor Dumitru Vardaru but when a large sum of money from the public works budget goes missing Radu is investigated by authorities for embezzlement of public funds.His relationship with Voica and the villagers gets sourly tested.

Cowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George Sherman.Texas has opened up land for homesteaders. Clay Allison wants their land and has his men led by Plummer try to start a range war between them and the ranchers. With each side suspecting the other of their problems, the Mesquiteers realize someone else is responsible. Stony suspects Plummer and fakes leaving the Mesquiteers to join Plummer's gang hoping to find out who it is.

In 1930s Egypt, a town council controlled by a despotic rule deprives the working-class peasants of their water resources. A brave schoolteacher leads a petition to fight against the corrupt mayor and land owner to secure water rights and put an end to the oppressive regime.

Silent Drama

The stretchy superhero, Plastic Man, alternately insulted and encouraged by his parole officer, Archie, battles outré super-villains. His latest nemesis is the slippery man of water, The Puddle.

The Laguna Dam is to be built in Arizona to supply water to desert-land unfit for cultivation or stock-raising. Rival companies bid for the building contract, which leads to violence and danger for Bob Owen and his dog Satan.

Mesopotamia was the site of the Sumerian civilisation, which flourished at the confluence of the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. From 5000 to 2000 BC, the Sumerians flourished in a hostile environment by developing agriculture and irrigation and they opened up the trade routes of the ancient world. It was the Sumerians who invented writing and the wheel, and they first divided time into minutes and seconds. In the end however the Babylonian civilisation took the place of the Sumerians. However their heritage and myths live on in the Mediterranean and Western worlds to this day.

Bene, tired of the professional battles of engineers and trying to escape a ship-wrecked marriage, asks to be transferred to the country. The gravest problem of the sandy region in Nagyalföld (Great Hungarian Plain) is the shortage of water. The tireless director of the local state farm asks for Bene's support, but the disillusioned man refuses him.