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December 25, 2014

Das frisch verheiratete, junge Ehepaar George und Serena Pemberton reist im Jahr 1929 von Boston nach North Carolina um ins florierende Holzunternehmen einzusteigen. Die beiden erweisen sich als überaus erfolgreich, besonders Serena zeigt, dass sie ihrem Mann durchaus ebenbürtig ist, kontrolliert die Arbeiter und rettet sogar einem Mann in der Wildnis das Leben. Als sie jedoch erfährt, dass sie keine Kinder bekommen kann, wächst ihre Eifersucht auf Georges Sohn aus einer früheren Beziehung. Als Serena schließlich vermutet, dass George seine uneheliche Familie schützen will, schmiedet sie einen Plan, um ihren Mann für sich zu haben. Die Ehe der beiden wird auf eine harte Probe gestellt, als auch noch die Regierung versucht, Ansprüche auf das Land der Pembertons zu erheben.

October 3, 2015

Nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter kehrt Lillian nach langer Zeit in ihre Heimatstadt zurück. Es dauert nicht lange, bis der gefürchtete Gangsterboss und ehemalige Polizist Blackway auf die Schöne aufmerksam wird. Als Lillian seine schaurigen Annäherungsversuche abweist, wird er zum unerbitterlichen Stalker. Die junge Frau braucht dringend Hilfe, um aus den Fängen ihres soziopathischen Verehrers zu entkommen. Weil die Anwohner der Ortschaft sich nicht gegen den mächtigen Mann in ihrer Mitte stellen wollen, ist ihre letzte Hoffnung der zurückgezogen lebende Holzfäller Lester. Er und sein etwas schüchterner, aber treuer Kollege Nate sind mutig und verrückt genug, sich Blackway in den Weg zu stellen.

Die beiden Detectivs Bill und Chris bekommen einen unspannenden Job zugewiesen: sie sollen auf die Ex-Freundin eines entflohenen Gangsters aufpassen. Zu allem Übel verliebt sich Chris in die Frau...

October 9, 2015

In the last days of a dying logging town, Christian returns to his family home for his father Henry’s wedding. While home, Christian reconnects with his childhood friend Oliver, who has stayed in town working at Henry’s timber mill and is now out of a job. As Christian gets to know Oliver’s wife Charlotte, daughter Hedvig, and father Walter, he discovers a secret that could tear Oliver’s family apart.

Obwohl die Gewerkschaft einen Streik ausgerufen hat, fällen die Stampers angeführt vom unnachgiebigen Familienoberhaupt Henry weiter Holz. Henry, sein Sohn Hank und sein Neffe Joe Ben lassen sich auch nicht einschüchtern, als die Gewerkschaftsanhänger zu immer drastischeren Methoden greifen, um sie am Arbeiten zu hindern. Für zusätzliche Aufregung sorgt die überraschende Rückkehr von Hanks Halbbruder Leeland, durch den einiger Familiendreck ans Tageslicht kommt.

December 31, 1975

A tough, hard-drinking Alaska logging foreman likes fighting only slightly less than working.

Der pazifistische Anwalt Peter verliert einen Prozess, den er im Namen der Indianer gegen eine Holzfabrik geführt hat. Der radikale Kahlschlag der Wälder in deren angestammten Wohngebieten geht weiter. Der Indianer Arthur sinnt auf Rache und entführt den Manager der Holzfabrik. In der kanadischen Wildnis beginnt ein Kampf ums Überleben.

June 5, 2014

On a freezing January evening, school bus driver Lesley completes her route, but her final inspection abruptly ends when a bluebird comes into view. What happens next shakes her small Maine logging town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences.

March 28, 1937

Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son Juhan and Nuottaniemi's only daughter Hanna. The happiness of Hanna, who has fallen in love with Antti of Rehti Koskenalusta, is threatened by the evil and dangerous Korpikoski.

April 13, 1940

Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his new boss's wife.

March 30, 2001

Living in an ancient redwood tree for more than two years to prevent the tree from being clear-cut, Julia Butterfly Hill captured our hearts and minds by showing us that one person can make a difference. Through interviews with Hill, filmmaker Doug Wolens paints a portrait of an intensely spiritual and articulate woman who encountered both beauty and horror (she was assaulted by lumber company helicopters at one point) during her time above ground.

October 19, 1960

A young man with only one hand gets a job at a timber camp and falls for his boss's daughter.

October 23, 2001

High school seniors Wade (Jason James Richter) and Lorna (Kate Hudson) have spent all their lives in the small logging town of Calamus Grove, a conservative place where change comes slowly. Jesse Howl (Douglas Spain), a teenager of Native American ancestry, has just moved to Calamus Grove, and soon finds he doesn't fit in this close-knit community. Wade and Lorna go out of their way to befriend Jesse, and soon find that they're also regarded as outcasts among their peers. Eager to get away from the narrow minds which are stifling them, the three friends grab a car and take off for a summer road trip that turns out to be full of lessons in life and love.

Als sein Vater eines gewaltsamen Todes stirbt, kehrt der Ingenieur Tim Chapman in die Waldgebiete Montanas zurück. Zum einen, um die Geschäfte seines Vaters weiterzuführen, zum anderen, um dessen Mörder zu fangen. Bald schon verdächtigt Tim einen ehemaligen Konkurrenten

August 3, 1937

A young forestry graduate, Jim Thornton, is involved in a race between timber companies to fill a major contract. Jim has joined the crew of a genial timber baron, Burbridge, and foils attempts by a rival, Blake, to sabotage their work. J. Alan Kenyon's special effects are the highlights of the film with comic relief provided by Joe Valli as a Scottish timber-train driver amorously pursued by a shrill-voiced maid of the Burbridge's country house.

December 31, 1930

The long log drive: a spring journey down icy streams and rivers moving logs from the forest to the mill for sawing into boards, laths, and clapboards. For more than 150 years, logging techniques remained the same. Men cut trees by hand and loaded them on horse-drawn sleds to be hauled over snow to the river. Skilled river drivers maneuvered the logs downstream, risking their limbs and lives every day. This film survives as a record of the long log business.

June 30, 1952

An African-American family in Georgia works to save money for a power saw. Includes depictions of timber harvest techniques and process. Film made in 1952 by the United States Information Service and intended for foreign audiences.

London socialite Cathleen Paget's adventures in love and misfortune a year after the death of her husband. Ivor Willington and Lionel Jesop play cards for who will be given the shot at flirting with Paget, as to claim her wealth. But when her brother Bruce has lost the family fortune in bad business, Cathleen is suggested to court Nordic giant Birger Holm. The two marry and the families financial problems seem to be at bay, although the life in the northern Sweden is wearing Cathleen down as she misses parties, friends and dancing at the Savoy Hotel.

May 27, 1944

California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.

In June 2010, French actress Marion Cotillard spent a week in the heart of the tropical forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo with members of Greenpeace France and Greenpeace Africa. She delivers in video a strong testimony on the looting of Congolese forests which benefits a few industrial groups, often European.

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