A Desert Between Us and Them (2013)

Actors: Anthony F. Grani (producer), Anthony F. Grani (director), Michael Chwastiak (actor), Corrinne Wood (actress), Lawrene Denkers (actress), Martin Melnick (actor), James M Jenkinson (actor), Brandon Forsyth (actor), Jim McCloskey (actor), Yvonne Drebert (producer), Chesney Sickles-Jarvis (actor), Yvonne Drebert (writer), Doug Clark (actor), Scott William Clark (actor), Zach Melnick (writer),

Plot: A Desert Between Us & Them: Raiders, Traitors, and Refugees in the War of 1812 is a cinematic documentary that explores those stories that make the War of 1812 a "modern war" by stepping back in time to experience the conflict through the eyes of the people of Southwestern Ontario, who spent several years living in a War Zone. Some died in combat, but many more had their homes destroyed, their livelihoods ruined or their crops stolen. Thousands became refugees, clinging for survival to the British Army. Some chose to aid the Americans, and died for their disloyalty at the hands of the British. Others became insurgents, fighting the American occupiers long after the British army abandoned them. And still others begrudgingly agreed to uphold an ancient covenant, and fought against their brothers in the United States. By the time word of peace finally came in early 1815, almost everyone living in the War's Western Theatre was impacted in some way by the conflict - and many had their lives forever altered.

War of 1812 (2012)

Actors: Todd A. Judge (composer), Michael C. Durling (director), William Kaffenberger (actor), Paul D'Elia (actor), Daniel Cross (actor), Andrew Collie (actor), Barry Bedwell (actor), Todd Norris (actor), Ken Johnston (actor), Bill Rose (actor), Phil Schultz (actor), Florin Turner (actor), Gina DeAngelis (writer), Stephen Moore (actor), Joe Ziarko (actor),

War of 1812 (1999)

Actors: Richard Fitzpatrick (actor), Nigel Bennett (actor), Raoul Trujillo (actor), Elizabeth Klinck (miscellaneous crew), Arthur Holden (actor), Karl Pruner (actor), Dennis O'Connor (actor), Brian McKenna (writer), Brian McKenna (director), Terence McKenna (actor), Terence McKenna (writer), Richard Clarkin (actor), Billy Merasty (actor), Robin McKenna (miscellaneous crew), Robin McKenna (actress),

Tecumseh: The Last Warrior (1995)

Actors: Ralph Berge (miscellaneous crew), Geoffrey Ryan (miscellaneous crew), David Shire (composer), Lorne Cardinal (actor), Douglas Spain (actor), Robert M. Sertner (producer), David Morse (actor), August Schellenberg (actor), Joe Inscoe (actor), David Clennon (actor), Francis Ford Coppola (producer), Muse Watson (actor), Tantoo Cardinal (actress), Holt McCallany (actor), Jimmie F. Skaggs (actor),

Plot: This western began in 1812 when the settlers tried to take away more and more territories from the indians. Tecumseh, who is the leader of the Shawnee indians, tries to do something. He plans a big indian state, and tries to win the English settlers over to this plan...

Tecumseh (1972)

Actors: Rudolf Ulrich (actor), Wilfried Pucher (actor), Herbert Köfer (actor), Günter Schubert (actor), Rolf Römer (actor), Wolfgang Greese (actor), Helmut Schreiber (actor), Arnim Mühlstädt (actor), Klaus Gehrke (actor), Gojko Mitic (actor), Winfried Glatzeder (actor), Leon Niemczyk (actor), Horst Kube (actor), Minja Vojvodic (actor), Oleg Vidov (actor),

Plot: At the beginning of the 19th century, white settlers regularly make and break treaties with the Native American inhabitants to gain possession of vast hunting grounds at ludicrously low prices without any bloodshed. Harrison, Governor of Indiana, has made and broke no less than fifteen such treaties, driving increasing numbers of Indians out to the infertile West. To put a stop to this criminal practice, the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh tries to unite the Native Americans. In 1811, he founds a tribal alliance and has Native American lands declared communal property. Chiefs who sell their land in spite of this agreement are to be killed. During the chief's absence, however, Harrison raids the "sacred city" of Tippecanoe founded by Tecumseh and his supporters, reducing it to ashes. The few survivors of the bloodbath flee to Canada, where they join forces with the English as they wage war against America. But they, too, fail to keep their promise to Tecumseh concerning an independent Indian state. In a decisive battle, the defeated English betray and abandon their Native American allies. Together with the other members of his tribe, Tecumseh is killed too.

Brave Warrior (1952)

Actors: Aaron Stell (editor), Michael Ansara (actor), Robert E. Kent (writer), Spencer Gordon Bennet (director), Victor Adamson (actor), Harry Cording (actor), Leslie Denison (actor), Leslie Denison (actor), George Eldredge (actor), Tommy Farrell (actor), Eddie Foster (actor), Fred Graham (actor), Jon Hall (actor), Rory Mallinson (actor), Kermit Maynard (actor),

Plot: In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great Britain over territory and boundaries. Each side endeavors to gain the support of the Shawnee Indian tribes in the area. Governor William Henry Harrison enlists the aid of Steve Rubbell, whose friendship with the Shawnee chief Tecumseh goes back to childhood. Tecumseh's leadership of the Shawnee is contested by his brother, known as The Prophet, who sides with the British. Tecumseh, who grew up as a childhood playmate of Steve and of Laura McGregor, loves Steve as a brother and hopes to marry Laura. But Laura is in love with Steve. Laura's father, Shayne McGregor, secretly leads local support of the British against the Americans, even though it risks the life and love of his daughter. Everything comes to a head at the battle of Tippecanoe.

Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

Actors: Frank Ferguson (actor), Blake Edwards (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Ward Bond (actor), Douglass Dumbrille (actor), Ralph Byrd (actor), Morris Ankrum (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Iron Eyes Cody (actor), Lane Bradford (actor), John Dilson (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Harry Davenport (actor), Edward Fielding (actor),

Plot: Among those who are fighting to have Congress re-establish the military academy at West Point in the beginning of the nineteenth century is a young Washington socialite, Carolyn Bainbridge. Congress resolves to revive the Academy on a one-year trial basis. Major Sam Carter, a martinet who doesn't believe a college can produce real fighting men, is made the Commandant, and determines to make soldiers - or failures - out of the small band of cadets, by enforcing stringent disciplinary action. Among the cadets are Howard Shelton, Carolyn's fiancée, and Dawson, a Kentucky frontiersman. There is bad blood between the two from the start, and matters are worsened when Dawson falls in love with Carolyn. Many of the cadets resign, under the discouraging conditions and grueling punishment that is part of Carter's plan to make the school hard and the exercises difficult, and the number of cadets left is down to ten. Word arrives that the Indian chief Tecumseh has gone on the warpath, and Carter is ordered to take part in quelling the rebellion, and to include the cadets along with the regular Bombadiers. Shelton, on patrol, is shot at by an Indian, and hot-headedly leaves his post in pursuit. Dawson leaves to bring him back followed by Major Carter who is captured by the Indians. Using tactics learned at West Point, the small band of cadets attack and demoralize the much larger Indian force, and succeed in rescuing Carter, and Dawson is wounded. Carter is grateful for the actions taken by the band, but says that Shelton and Dawson cannot remain as cadets since they had violated the rules by leaving their posts, and would be a bad precedent for future cadets. Carolyn has come to the Point to marry the unsuspecting Dawson, who thought she loved Shelton.

Quotes: