Movies and TvShows featuring "wilderness-hero" theme.

In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.

Amid the high country of the North Island interior, wild horse roam and breed. With the trees gone, Dan Mitchell and the Sullivan brothers, turn to the wild horses as a source of income. With rope and snare - and the help of an experienced horse catching team - Sam and Sara's example, the rough ex-loggers learn to respect a delicate balance between the wild horses and their catchers. The best stallions are left to breed and their riding horses are retired back into the wild herds.

Wrenched is a documentary that explores the world of environmental activists and the drastic actions they take to protect the wilderness and raise awareness about environmental issues. The film delves into the lives of these eco-warriors and their deep commitment to preserving the planet.

Edward Abbey: A Voice in the Wilderness is a documentary that delves into the remarkable life and work of Edward Abbey, a renowned writer and environmental activist. Through interviews, archival footage, and stunning natural landscapes, the film captures the essence of Abbey's passionate advocacy for wilderness preservation and his radical ideas rooted in anarchism and environmentalism. It sheds light on Abbey's influential role in shaping the modern environmental movement and his unyielding commitment to protecting the Earth.

Sverre Nøkling is not your typical outdoorsman. For the past 30 years he has been living on his own in snow caves in the Norwegian mountains. Always on the move, using a pair of old wooden skis, he goes from one snow cave to the next in search of shelter from extreme blizzards and bitingly cold wind. A true expert in outdoor survival techniques, this wilderness man refuses to be reigned in by modern society. Instead he has chosen a way of life that flies in the face of conformist consumer culture and the materialistic modern world. Sverre's life is a tale about the quest for total freedom as well as the price one pays in seeking it.

Director Gerardo Tort's compelling documentary explores the life of Lucio Cabanas, a guerrilla leader who headed one of the most significant peasant revolts in Mexican history and became a figure of inspiration for the poor of southern Mexico. Revealing interviews from companions, family members, former guerrilla fighters and historians make obvious that Cabanas's story of courage and hope continues to live on.