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Embedding herself in the village of Wukan, southern China for several years starting in 2011, first time documentarian Jill Li witnessed an unprecedented experiment in local democracy. Corrupt officials had illegally sold villagers' land, but the villagers decided to fight back

• Disc 1. You're the Indian now
• Freight trains and monsters
• An acceptable surrender
• Going back to Cali, Disc 2. Cowboys and dreamers
• All for nothing
• The beating
• I killed a man today. Disc 3. Meaner than evil
• The world is purple

In the most explosive season of Yellowstone yet, John Dutton and his family must protect their land from new and old enemies, led by Wall Street maverick Roarke. Threatened by betrayals, bad blood, and lucrative business deals, the Duttons form unexpected alliances and confront dangerous measures to safeguard their legacy. This season includes extended content and bonus features, making-of featurettes, behind the scenes clips, never-before-seen interviews with cast and crew, and much more

A Philippine government plan to transform ancestral farmland into a tourist resort sparks a dramatic conflict when villagers actively resist the development. As peasants and fisherfolk organize to stop the golf courses and yacht marinas, their community becomes a violent flashpoint in a larger, national battle over land. A provocative portrait of one community's fight for survival against forces of economic "development" presenting conflicting views by peasants, developers, bureaucrats and golf boosters.

In Brazil, almost half of the agricultural land is owned by just one per cent of the population. The government estimates that land reform would benefit some 4.5 million families - both agricultural workers and city slum-dwellers. Although successive governments have backed the policy, political opposition has so far prevented any meaningful progress. Now Brazil's President, Luiz Ignazio Lula da Silva, has announced plans to resettle more than 100,000 landless families this year, and promised an extra US$500 million towards agrarian reform over the next two years. Life visits the Northeastern state of Bahia to report on an initiative, which encourages the landless to club together to buy up land, with low-interest government loans.

As a result of fervent Serbian nationalism, a movement stoked by Yugoslavian president Slobodan Milosevic, all records of Albanian property and land ownership in Kosovo were either destroyed or removed, allowing Serb families to occupy houses and apartments owned by Albanians. In 1999, the tables turned. Following the NATO bombing of Kosovo and the return of thousands of Albanian refugees, Albanians quickly appropriated Serb homes and property. Today, under the umbrella of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), UN-Habitat officials are wrestling with the daunting task of rebuilding municipal government in the region, establishing who truly owns which property in the process. It's a painstaking business, one that involves recreating official ownership records and organizing local government elections. In short, rebuilding democracy from the ground up.

"The Land Beneath Our Feet weaves together rare archival footage from a 1926 Harvard expedition to Liberia with the journey of a young Liberian man, uprooted by war, seeking to understand how the past has shaped land conflicts in his country today."--Container.
"When lost footage from the 1920s depicting a corporate land grab in the early days of globalization arrives back in Liberia, it sparks inquiry into how Liberians lost sovereignty over the very land that sustains them."--IMDb.

In an unspoiled corner of southern Belize, cacao farmer and father Eladio Pop manually works his plantation in the tradition of his Mayan ancestors: as a steward of the land. A tender and moving family tale, director Rohan Fernandos lush cinematic journey intimately captures a year in the life of the Pop family as they struggle to preserve their values in a world that is suddenly and dramatically changing. A lament for cultures lost, this timely and vital film challenges our deeply held assumptions of progress.

"Dirt And Deeds In Mississippi reveals the largely unknown and pivotal role played by Black landowning families in the deep South who controlled over a million acres of lands in the 1960's. They were prepared to put their land and their lives on the line in the fight for racial equality and the right to vote in America’s most segregated and violently racist state. ... Dirt & Deeds tells how an independent farmer and teacher who came to own the land on which his great-grandparents were slaves became the first Black candidate elected to a state-wide office in Mississippi in the 20th century."--Container.

• [disc 1] Jean de Florette / Renn Productions présente ; adaptation de Claude Berri et Gerard Brach ; producteur exécutif, Pierre Grunstein ; une coproduction, Renn productions, Films A2, RAI 2, DD productions ; un film de Claude Berri (120 min.,)
• [disc 2] Manon des sources : Jean de Florette 2ème partie /
• Renn Productions présente ; adaptation de Claude Berri et Gerard Brach ; une coproduction Renn Productions, Films A2, RAI2, DD Productions ; un film de Claude Berri (113 min.).

Jean de Florette: Set amidst the rugged hills of Provence, this epic saga follows the heroic efforts of Jean Cadoret, who inherits a farm from his mother, Florette, and leaves his city job behind, hoping to create a "new Eden" with his wife and daughter. But, unbeknownst to Jean, his greedy neighbor, César Soubeyran, is plotting to steal the land out from under him with a wicked scheme that drives Jean to the brink of madness.
Manon of the spring: In this sequel to Jean de Florette, ten years after her father's death, Manon has no idea that her neighbor cheated her out of her father's land. But when she discovers that Soubeyran was directly responsible for her father's death, Manon goes after him with a vengeance.

"The world's farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuels or simply buy up land for profit. The film gives an inside look into the world of investors in the international agro-business and how the politics of the European Union is involved. Land grabbing doesn't only happen in Asia and Africa, but also in Romania, which has become known as 'Europe's breadbasket'. LAND GRABBING takes a closer look at what's happening to land and agriculture in Europe, whilst also challenging investors and their practices."--Container.

Documentary film depicting the struggles of local Bocas del Toro residents against land displacement by the escalating development of real estate housing for the growing population of American settlers.

A documentary on restoration and sustainability of the Tana Delta. In the Tana Delta, the indigenous population faces catastrophic drought conditions because of upstream diversion of the Tana river, and takeover of existing land by newcomers. An international consortium of scientists have begun a study of the ecosystem of the delta, and are beginning to turn things around.

El Valle de los Olvidados retrata el conflicto por la tierra en una remota región de Mato Grosso, donde la violencia y el fuego defienden los intereses de los grupos rivales olvidada: la tierra de indígenas expulsados de sus lugares de origen, los ocupantes ilegales en busca de un pedazo de tierra, los ocupantes ilegales invadiendo ilegalmente, sin tierra esperando las decisiones del gobierno y los agricultores que luchan por mantener sus propiedades. Una cuenta del deseo intrínseco del ser humano sobre la tierra, un retrato de la vida en el Amazonas, una obra que cuenta la historia de un pedazo de Brasil en la lucha contra sí mismo.
Vale dos Esquecidos retrata o conflito por terras em uma remota região do Mato Grosso, onde a violência e o fogo defendem os interesses de grupos rivais: índios expulsos do seu lugar de origem, posseiros em busca de um pedaço de terra, grileiros invadindo terras ilegalmente, sem-terra esperando as decisões do governo e fazendeiros brigando para manter suas propriedades. Um relato sobre o desejo intrínseco do humano pela posse da terra, um retrato sobre a vida na Amazônia, uma obra que conta a história de um pedaço do Brasil em luta contra si mesmo.
Valley of the Forgotten shows the conflict for land in a very secluded area of the state of Mato Grosso, where violence and fire stand for the interests of opponent groups: indians evicted from their homeland, squatters trying to get a piece of land to make a living, land grabbers illegally invading properties, the Landless Workers Movement waiting for government decisions and the ranchers fighting to hold on to their property. A chronicle about the innate desire of the human being to own a piece of land, a portrait of life in the Amazon, a film that tells the story of a piece of Brazil, at war against itself.

• Not without our land : village voices / this film is produced by NGONET in colaboration with Ngorongoro District Council (26 min.)
• People have spoken : the voices of Loliondo (7 min).

The Maasai pastoralists of Loliondo in the Ngorongro District express their frustration with a land deal by the government which would result in their eviction from their land for the purpose of wildlife conservation. The 7 minute film appears to be a condensed version of the longer film.

This is the story of the life and times of Maina Wanjigi, independent Kenya's first director of settlement and first executive director of the Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation.

More than 80% of Malagasy live in rural areas. They depend entirely the production of their land, and their property rights are not always guaranteed. Secures the rights to land has become a national priority. Since 2004, a new method of decentralized management has been implemented at Lake Alaotra.

Promised Land invites viewers to take an inside look at the critical story of land reform and racial reconciliation in the new South Africa. The film explores how the country is rebuilding itself after years of living under the racist, violent system of apartheid. Beginning in 1913, Blacks in South Africa were forbidden from owning land. They were forcefully removed from their land and re-settled into so called 'homelands' which were located in the most undesirable areas in the country. Over the course of ninety years, an estimated 6 million blacks were disposed of their land.Promised Land invites viewers to take an inside look at the critical story of land reform and racial reconciliation in the new South Africa. The film explores how the country is rebuilding itself after years of living under the racist, violent system of apartheid. Beginning in 1913, Blacks in South Africa were forbidden from owning land. They were forcefully removed from their land and re-settled into so called 'homelands' which were located in the most undesirable areas in the country. Over the course of ninety years, an estimated 6 million blacks were disposed of their land. Promised Land follows the story of the Mekgareng, an impoverished tribe removed from their land 40 years ago. In 1998, they petitioned the new democratically elected government to reclaim the land, which is now highly valuable and currently owned by white farmers and developers. And they are fighting the Mekgareng to keep possession of the land. Promised Land also follows the story of the first white farm expropriation in the country. In 2006, the South African government ignited a firestorm when for the first time in the country's history, it forced a white farmer to sell his farm in order to give it back to the descendants of the black owners who were removed from it in the 1940's. Through these two stories, viewers will see why, as many inside South Africa call it, the land issue is a "ticking time bomb" that has potential to explode and destroy the fragile racial compact that post-apartheid South Africa was built upon. -- Description from www.promisedlandfilm.com.

• La tierra quema / un film de Raymundo Gleyzer ; textos Victor Pronzato. (12 min.)
• México, la revolución congelada / un film de Raymundo Gleyzer ; producer Bill Susman.(65 min.)
• Nuestras islas Malvinas (30 min.).

La tierra quema: This film follows the struggles of a campesino family in northeast Brazil.
México, la revolución congelada: The 1970 Mexican presidential campaign of Luis Echeverría, interspersed with newsreel film of the Revolution of 1911 (and student rebellions of more recent years), and asks how far, if at all, Mexico has come.
Nuestras islas Malvinas: A travelogue of the Malvinas/Falklands, and a musing on the uniqueness of the islands and their questioned status.

Dr. Holzman-Gazit discusses her book, Land expropriation in Israel. The reading was held in the Robert Crown Law Library reference lounge on April 10, 2008.

In 1870s New Mexico Territory, megalomaniacal widowed ranch owner T.C. Jeffords butts heads with his daughter, Vance, a firebrand with serious daddy issues, over her dowry, choice of husband, and finally, ownership of the land itself.