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Needing to keep his honor-bound commitment, Texas ranch foreman Pete returns the body of illegal Mexican immigrant ranch-hand Melquiades Estrada to his preferred resting place in the Mexican wilderness. Estrada had been accidentally shot by Mike, a newly-arrived U.S. border patrolman. Pete forces Mike to participate in his cross-country ritual of duty -- a voyage filled with revenge and redemption that will change both men forever -- and bring some...

Texas Ranger Samantha Payne reopens a fifteen-year-old missing person case, and uncovers evidence that suggests that the boy was likely murdered on a ranch belonging to wealthy family man, Scott Briggs. When Scott's estranged son unexpectedly returns home during the investigation, Samantha becomes even more convinced that the Briggs family was involved, and will stop at nothing to discover the truth about the boy's death; even putting her own life...

A dying rancher must come to terms with his estranged son. "The untamed West belongs to the man who can rope it in, the American cowboy. Rancher Charlie McCloud is one of the best, and he's proud of everything he's given to the land. Proud of everything except his son. Charlie Jr. shamed his father years ago, and McCloud can't, and won't, forgive him. But now McCloud is dying and Charlie Jr. must try to make peace. Although they ride the land together,...

A rancher on the Mexican border in Arizona protects an eleven-year-old Mexican boy fleeing assassins sent after him by a drug cartel. When his mother asks the rancher to take her son to her family in Chicago, the two hit the road with the cartel's assassins in pursuit. Ex-Marine and hardened Arizona rancher Jim Hanson (Liam Neeson) simply wants to be left alone as he tries to make a living on an isolated stretch of borderland. But everything changes...

After Albert backs out of a gunfight, his fickle girlfriend leaves him for another man. When a mysterious and beautiful woman rides into town, she helps him find his courage and they begin to fall in love. But when her husband, a notorious outlaw, arrives seeking revenge, the farmer must put his newfound courage to the test. "Demolishes the heroic mystique of the Old West with the nose-thumbing glee of a rambunctious brat who has just crawled out...

"Massacre at Fort Holman:" During the Civil War a Union colonel seeks revenge against the man who killed his wife during a Confederate raid against Fort Holman "Hot Lead:" A new rancher attempts to support his family while dealing with rivals and his own personal demons.

Two friends are determined to turn a misfit hound into a hero. Featuring valuable lessons about honesty, friendship and fair play.

Using digital technology, various ranching families around Elko, Nevada document different aspects of contemporary ranch life on small family-owned ranches.