Movies and TvShows featuring "painted-desert" theme.

Set in the late 1880s, A Distant Trumpet tells the story of an army scout who is torn between personal feuds and duty to the US cavalry. As tensions rise along the Arizona border region with Mexico, the scout becomes involved in a truce negotiation with a tribal chief, risking his life and facing duplicity from his own comrades.

Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Navajo tribe tries to persuade him not to do it.

A young brother and sister are abandoned in the vast and lonely landscape of the 19th century American West. Each day, they struggle to keep up the family farm, anxiously waiting for their parents to return. With nowhere to escape, the two siblings are about to discover that they are not entirely alone. As much as they try to deny the truth, something behind the attic door has awakened and they must now face their greatest fear. THE ATTIC DOOR is the story of love, loss, loneliness, and the truth behind childhood fears.

This Traveltalk series short begins with a look at Arizona's Painted Desert. We then get two views of the Grand Canyon's majesty. The first is from the rim, looking down from an automobile. The second view is from within the canyon, where mules take tourists along the various trails.