I'll Be Back

Oh, Nora!

The Water Diary

A story through a child's eyes about living through a drought.

2006

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

The year is 1893 and India is under British occupation. In a small village, the tyrannical Captain Russell has imposed an unprecedented land tax on it

2001

Dreamland

Amid the dust storms and economic depression of Dust Bowl Era Oklahoma, Eugene Evans finds his family farm on the brink of foreclosure. Discovering fu

2019

3:10 to Yuma

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's ga

1957

Skylark

Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the chil

1993

No Worries

A family is forced off their farm due to drought, and move to Sydney.

1994

O Quinze

2004

Keni

When severe drought strikes the village on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border Indira fights to make the water accessible in the village.

2018

The Farm

After the death of his father, Tom Cooper want to modernise the family farm, and borrows a lot of money. When disaster strikes, the loan cannot be rep

2000

She Sings to the Stars

A Native American grandmother who lives very simply alone in the desert actually inhabits a world that her half-Hispanic grandson and a white aging ma

2014

Crossroads

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Shylo Song must decide whether she, her younger sister, and their grandmother should leave their childhood home

Toula, or the Genie of the Water

The gods have declared the drought of the country. There seems to be no hope. A holy man summoned by the king requires the sacrifice of a young woman

1973

The Cursed Village

Region of Castilla La Vieja, Spain, early 20th century. In Luján, a village ravaged by drought, Juan, a humble farmer who survives with his wife and s

1930

Yellow Earth

A communist soldier is sent to a remote region of China in order to collect folk songs. Staying with a peasant family (a widower with two small childr

1984

Our Daily Bread

John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the coun

1934

Shui

A worldwide exodus through the desert begins, in search of the last oasis that offers life on the planet.

2012

Molly

After Dan collapses at a train station, he enlists Maxie to watch his beloved dog, Molly. Maxie develops a soft spot for her new furry companion - a d

1983

Back to 1942

In 1942, Henan Province was devastated by one of the most tragic famines in modern Chinese history, resulting in the deaths of at least three million

2012

Riddler's Moon

Teenager Elias has watched his farming community struggle through season after season of bad crops. When unexplained visions--perhaps from another wor

1999