铁血战士:狩猎 2022
以18世纪初科曼奇民族的世界为背景,讲述了一位年轻女子纳鲁不为人知的故事。纳鲁是一位凶猛且武艺高超的战士,从小和一群伟大的猎人在大平原上闯荡。她坚信自己和其他年轻的猎人一样有能力保护人民免遭外敌入侵。纳鲁用最原始的武器跟踪猎物,结果发现敌人竟然是一位高度进化的外星铁血战士,而且配备先进武器。最终两人进行了一场毁天灭地的大决战。
以18世纪初科曼奇民族的世界为背景,讲述了一位年轻女子纳鲁不为人知的故事。纳鲁是一位凶猛且武艺高超的战士,从小和一群伟大的猎人在大平原上闯荡。她坚信自己和其他年轻的猎人一样有能力保护人民免遭外敌入侵。纳鲁用最原始的武器跟踪猎物,结果发现敌人竟然是一位高度进化的外星铁血战士,而且配备先进武器。最终两人进行了一场毁天灭地的大决战。
故事发生在15世纪末期,辉煌的玛雅文明即将走完最后的历程。青年猎手“美洲虎之爪”加夸尔(鲁迪·杨布拉德饰)是一个丛林小村落中数一数二的勇士,守着身怀六甲的妻子和年幼的爱子,过着自足而平静的生活。然而突然天降横祸,加夸尔的部落遭到一个强大部落的侵袭,一夜之间,奋起反抗的族人们不是当场毙命,就是被掠为战俘,在被俘之前,加夸尔匆忙间把即将分娩的妻子和爱子藏在了洞穴之中。随后,加夸尔与被俘的族人们一道踏上了前往玛雅帝国都城的漫长苦旅。 当时的玛雅帝国正日渐衰落,在神权政治的体制下,玛雅王族和祭司将种种“衰败之象”都归结为神的不满,为了显示对神的忠诚,他们一味奴役百姓修建更多的神殿,他们相信活人祭品是他们所信仰的神的食物,因此更频繁、更隆重的进行祈祷、祭祀,期盼能借神力扭转乾坤。被选为活人祭品的加夸尔不愿像其他受害者那样接受命运的安排,他选择了拚命逃离。为了回到故乡、为了与妻儿团聚,加夸尔一次又一次的陷入极度危险的境地,经历了无数次的磨难…… 【一句话评论】 从影片可以得出一个结论,梅尔·吉布森是一位能力超凡的电影人。 ——奥斯汀纪事 影片不但呈现出一个我们前所未见的世界,还让我们瞥见了令人担忧的未来。 ——迈阿密先驱
20世纪20年代,俄克拉荷马牧场主威廉·霍尔(罗伯特·德尼罗 饰)因为地方上新发现石油资源的缘故,阴谋策划要将周边印第安土著部落的头人一网打尽,好独占这无尽的财富。结果引来了联邦调查局特工汤姆·怀特(杰西·普莱蒙 饰)的注意,而霍尔娶的印第安姑娘的侄子布克哈特(莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥 饰)成了重点调查的对象 。
兰戈是一只被饲养在玻璃箱里的变色龙,它时常幻想自己是一个伟大的英雄。突然,它从当代的美国社会穿越到了一个老旧的西部边陲小镇德特(Dirt,有肮脏的含义)。由于一来就阴错阳差地结束了一只鹰的寿命,兰戈莫名其妙地成为了小镇的英雄。小镇人民很欢迎它,它也乐得其所地成为了这些可怜巴巴的小镇居民--都是些沙漠动物--的救世主。因为兰戈时常幻想自己是一个英雄,所以它很愉快地接受了小镇镇长的任命,他成了德特镇的警长。从此,兰戈开始了每天在镇子上巡逻的生活。兰戈喜欢这种成为“英雄”和“好人”的生活。只是,它不知道的是,在德特镇,“好人”就意味着死掉。在镇子的尽头,有一片专门为“好人”而设置的坟场。不过,这些并没有成为阻止兰戈前进的障碍,它反倒是越挫越勇地带领小镇人民争取自己的利益。最后,出现了终极的大坏蛋--一条眼镜蛇,兰戈也发现自己面临着有史以来最为严峻的挑战。它能全身而退么?它是否能成为那个自己假想出的英雄?
故事讲述19世纪一个皮草猎人被一头熊所伤,他乘的船的船长试图把他带回文明世界,但形势所迫,他无法做到,于是只好雇了两个人留下,目的是让他们送这个猎人最后一程。但这两个人利欲熏心,他们把这个受伤的可怜人洗劫一空,之后把他一个人抛弃在荒凉冰冷的野外等死。然而猎人奇迹般的活了下来,之后开始寻找这两个人开始复仇…
马丁(麦克·J·福克斯饰)从他生活的八十年代来到了1955年,根据好朋友埃米·布朗博士(克里斯托弗·劳埃德饰)于1885年留下的信件,马丁找到了博士研制的时空穿梭机。本以为可以乘坐着这台机器回到未来,马丁却意外发现了博士的墓碑,原来他在留下那封信后不久便被人杀害。为了拯救埃米博士,马丁乘坐时空穿梭机来到了1885年的美国西部。马丁能否改变历史,拯救博士的生命?二人能否成功回到未来?“回到未来三部曲”完结篇,一起与马丁乘坐时空穿梭机畅游时间。
在勇敢的上尉庄迈斯率领下,一批来自英国拓荒者到达了美洲大陆,敲响了美丽的印第安公主宝嘉康蒂和她族人们的警钟,也开始了一个建立在欢笑爱和忠诚上的故事。可爱的浣熊米糕和小蜂岛菲莉快乐地穿梭其间:宝嘉康蒂面临改变一生的决定,又必须避免两军冲突,在充满智慧的柳树婆婆帮助下,她学会了倾听自已心中的声音,并且随著风中的色彩去追寻人生的真谛。 这是一个真实的故事,印第安公主波卡红塔丝历史上确有其人。她救了一名英国士兵,后来还远嫁英国。 风中奇缘的女主角是一位印地安公主-波卡红塔丝,她的传奇一生在美国是家喻户晓的故事,迪士尼将这位印第安公主的故事搬上大银幕,叙述她救了英国的探险家约翰·史密斯,并且化解了一场异族间的战争。本片强调与自然界的融合以及族群间的尊重,结局也一改迪士尼过去快乐团圆的传统, 波卡红塔丝选择了留在家乡带领族人,约翰·史密斯则受伤返回英国,留下了一个令人难以释怀的缺憾。
《巴斯特·斯克鲁格斯的歌谣》(The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs)讲述一个喜欢唱歌跳舞的神枪手以一种无敌的姿态一路杀一路唱一路跳,但最终遇上了旗鼓相当的对手的故事。《阿尔戈多内斯附近》(Near Algodones)讲述一位生活在高平原之上的流浪者因为自己一无所有虚度光阴而决定抢劫银行的故事。《饭票》(Meal Ticket)讲述一个流动剧团的经理和一个没有四肢的残疾人“艺术家”之间的故事。《黄金谷》(All Gold Canyon)讲述一名教授因发现一座金矿而欣喜若狂,又因为随即到来的邪恶侵占势力而面临险境的故事。《受惊女子》(The Gal Who Got Rattled)讲述一名乘坐马车的女人需要两位俄勒冈小道的工头其中一人的帮助,并且将其当作潜在结婚对象加以考察的故事。《遗体》(The Mortal Remains)讲述五位身份不同的陌生人乘坐同一辆驿马车前往某处神秘地点的故事。
邓巴中尉曾经是南北战争中的英雄,因幻想破灭,远离内战,独自往未开发西部的大草原闯荡。邓巴和印第安苏族人开始了接触和交往。经过一番艰难的起步,他终于跟语言不通文化不同的印第安人建立了信任和友谊。他与苏族妇女“站立舞拳”结婚,除了肤色和长相不同,他已经完全成为了一个印第安人。后来前往当地的白人军队反而将他视为叛徒,对他暴力相向。邓巴从此以身为白人为耻,彻底投向苏族人的阵营,并坚持自己的名字叫“与狼共舞”。
科里·兰伯特是美国怀俄明州印第安自留区捕猎者和FBI探员珍·班纳一起调查一宗发生在风河谷的少女谋杀案,一个从自然中汲取生活智慧和信仰的猎人,一个还未熟谙行政痼疾和刑事规律的新人探员,他们俩代表着两种完全不同的文化背景和社会形态,在一宗谋杀案的牵扯下,渐渐走入了充满人性挣扎的迷雾当中,随着更多层身份和复杂脉络的揭开,人物危险处境慢慢升级,愈发紧张激烈,案件的内核也逐渐显现。
骑兵上校威廉厌倦了战争,他带着全家来到西部荒原,在一处偏僻的 山区开垦牧场。上校的妻子因为无法忍受艰苦的环境而抛夫弃子回到了东 部,威廉上校独自一人肩负起了养育三个儿子的重担。在艰苦的环境中三兄弟渐渐长大,他们手足情深但性格却大不相同。 大哥艾尔弗莱德为人忠厚,办事认真;三弟塞缪尔是位理想主义者,深 受父亲的宠爱;而老二特里斯坦则是一位狂放不羁的人,他自由奔放,常 与印第安人交往,从他们那里学到了不少东西。父子四人在一个纯男性的 世界里过着淡泊的生活。然而,塞缪尔大学毕业后,把未婚妻苏珊娜带回了家里。平静的生活 被打破了。艾尔弗莱德暗恋上了苏珊娜,而特里斯坦的气质却又打动了苏 珊娜的心。四个年轻人在痛苦地压抑着各自的情感。就在此时,第一次世界大战爆发了。三兄弟不顾父亲的劝阻,参军前 往欧洲。在战争中,特里斯坦眼睁睁地看着塞缪尔死去却无能为力。无限 悲哀的特里斯坦按印第安人的方式挖出了弟弟的心脏,带回祖国埋葬。艾尔弗莱德在向苏珊娜求婚被拒绝后离开了家乡。弟弟死亡的阴影也 使特里斯坦无法面对他所深爱的苏珊娜。特里斯坦也离家出走,从此杳无 音讯。在苦苦的等待中光阴流逝。苏珊娜心灰意冷,终于答应嫁给艾尔弗 莱德。这时,上校不幸中风,流浪多年的特里斯坦此时又回到了家中。在这 些年中,他吃了许多苦,回来后他娶妻生子,想过上平静的生活,一切似 乎就要这样平静的结束了,然而在一次进城返回途中,妻子不幸被人误杀, 这再一次燃起他心中躁动的烈火。苏珊娜一直对塞缪尔深感内疚,如今特里斯坦妻子的死又使他十分痛 苦,她忍受不住这样的折磨以自杀结束了自己的生命。而特里斯坦此时已 将所有的一切置之度外,他终于在父亲和大哥艾尔弗莱德的帮助下报了 仇。特里斯坦又重新过起艰苦的生活,他活的时间很长,他亲手送走了自 己的父亲,又亲眼看着自己的孩子结婚生子,他是在60年代的一场与熊的 激战中,被熊爪夺去生命的,他的死法很英勇... ...
在新墨西哥州查斯卡的中心地带,一支富有美洲原住民血统的高中篮球队“查斯卡勇士”正面临着前所未有的挑战。在失去明星球员后,这支球队的其他成员必须比以往任何时候都更加团结,才能实现他们夺得州冠军的梦想。这不仅仅是一项运动,这是一段彰显坚韧不拔、团结奋进精神的旅程,是一个深深扎根于美国原住民文化的真实励志故事。
俄勒冈州一名小镇的老师跟她的镇上警长哥哥发现了一件惊世骇俗的案件,他们察觉一位年轻的小学生行为举止十分异常,孤僻的个性以及诡异的谈话,驱使这对兄妹介入小学生的家庭调查背后隐藏的秘密,没想到竟掀起一阵腥风血雨的风暴,而古老的传说不再是天方夜谭,恶魔的苏醒也将带来毁灭式的反扑……
本片改编自美国作家库柏“皮袜子”系列小说中的第二部。1757年七年战争期间,英法两军在北美殖民地激战正酣。军官邓肯带队护送长官之女可娜(Madeleine Stowe 饰)前往威廉亨利堡,半路遭法属印第安人埋伏,莫希干族最后的战士——金卡加(Russell Means 饰)、安卡斯父子与白人霍克依(Daniel Day-Lewis 饰)出手相救。但抵达要塞时他们发现这里已陷入战火,要塞长官门罗与邓肯做事强硬,不肯放走民兵自降战力,并将霍克依监禁,可娜这时已同霍克依相恋,但却无力援救。英军战事不利弃堡投降,印第安人马瓜带领族人向英军寻仇,可娜与霍克依失散后被马瓜带走,霍克依、金卡加、安卡斯一行进入马瓜族人的营地,以期带回可娜。
约翰·福特的又一杰作。在一次印地安人突袭中,仇恨一切印地安人的退伍老病埃森·爱德华兹(Ethan Edwards)(约翰·韦恩饰)哥嫂被杀,侄女被掠。于是埃森在其兄养子马丁(有印地安人血缘)的陪伴下,开始了搜找侄女的艰辛岁月。数年间,搜索渐渐变成了别具目的的迷狂的举动。侄女已成印地安部落一员,他找她只为杀死她。 福特独具天赋,把个典型的寻仇故事精工细作成关于种族主义和盲目仇恨的深层思考,抓住了一个有着荒谬过去和未卜将来的国家的情绪,影片因之变成了跨越时空意味深远的现代寓言。 该片使韦恩达到表演巅峰,而出色的视觉效果(最后枪战一场也是所有西部片中最佳一幕)也成为后辈楷模。要是谁说还有比它更绝的影片,那就看埃森著名的反诘:“等着那天吧!”
故事是发生在Milo与Kida留在亚特兰提斯之後的事情。几艘货船途经亚特兰提斯北方的海面遭受攻击,於是Milo 、Kida跟随来访的探险小组一同展开调查,却发现攻击者并不是机器龙虾,而是其他神秘的力量。渡过这次危机之後,Kida 为了找出魔幻水晶最适合的安排方式,便和 Milo 与探险队员踏上旅程,她要查出为何当初她父亲要把水晶隐藏起来,害他们的文明差点毁灭。他们也要做出决定,到底该把魔幻水晶拿来运用呢?还是将其永远隐藏起来?
故事发生于1892年,一位传奇的陆军上尉在经过一番坚决反抗后,极不情愿地同意护送一名垂死的夏安族战酋及其家人返回其部落。从新墨西哥一处偏僻的军事基地到蒙大拿州的草原,在这趟折磨人的、险恶的旅途中,这对曾经的对手偶遇到一名年轻的寡妇,她全家都在平原上被杀了。他们三人必须联合起来,一起克服艰险的地形,战胜他们沿路遇到的充满敌意的科曼奇族人。
故事发生在清朝,蓓蓓公主(刘玉玲 饰)由皇帝主婚,必须嫁给皇族亲王,公主心里十万分的不愿意。这时,不怀好意的英文教师安德鲁看出了公主心意,怂恿她出逃美国。公主出逃后,安德鲁留下了一封勒索信给皇帝,所要赎金十万金条。 这下皇帝慌了神,马上派出三名大内高手带上赎金前往美国营救公主。大内侍卫黄强(成龙 饰)在公主出逃时曾见过她,不过并没能拦下她,对公主一直不能忘怀。于是,他请求当翻译的叔叔为他说请,让他参与营救行动。侍卫队长批准了他的请求,一行人正式踏上了美国。
《牛仔与外星人》改编自斯科特-米切尔-罗森伯格(Scott Mitchell Rosenberg)的漫画,故事背景发生在美国西部,讲述了一个牛仔和印第安人联合对抗外星人进攻的故事。该片的改编权原本属于环球电影公司,导演也曾被确定为《美丽心灵》(A Beautiful M ind)的导演罗恩-霍华德(Ron Howard),甚至连编剧都已确定为马克-费格斯(Mark Fergus)和霍克-奥斯比(Hawk Ostby),史蒂芬-斯皮尔伯格(Steven Speilberg)则担当此片的制片人。不过,在新确认的制作班底中,编剧换成了弗里德-范-兰特(Fred Van Lente)和安德鲁-弗雷(Andrew Foley)。导演乔-法弗罗原计划邀请《钢铁侠》的老搭档小罗伯特-唐尼,但是由于对方的工作档期太满,最终换成了“007”扮演者丹尼尔-克雷格。《牛仔与外星人》讲述的是,1873年,亚利桑那州,赦免镇,丹尼尔·克雷格饰演的失忆男子进入了这个沙漠中的小镇,镇上的人们显然对这个一手绑着铁链的男子戒心很重。小镇由哈里森·福特饰演的铁腕镇长把持着,整个镇子都笼罩在其阴影之下。但是镇上的人们没有料到的是更加恐怖的事情发生了,一些不知名的东西从天而降,以闪电的速度和奇怪的武器将人们一个接一个的劫持了。这时候丹尼尔·克雷格饰演的陌生男子渐渐找回了自己的记忆,并想到了对付外星人的方法,在飘渺的美女旅者(奥利维亚·王尔德)的帮助下,他们团结了镇子的人们,齐心合力对付外星人。
马华力(梅尔·吉布森 Mel Gibson 饰)是一名机智聪明的职业赌徒,为人风流倜傥。他闻听一场巨额的扑克牌大赛即将举行,于是四出参加大小牌局以集赌资。在某次牌局中,他邂逅了美艳狡猾的安妮(朱迪·福斯特 Jodie Foster 饰),二人不但在感情上尔虞我诈,在赌桌上更是各不相让,最后马华力凭着智勇及技巧,赢得了安妮芳心,亦顺利在赌桌上胜出。不过,这笔巨额奖金竟不翼而飞 ······
After receiving a scholarship from the state, a recent Columbia University medical school graduate is required to set up his practice in an eccentric Alaskan town.
The chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in late 18th century Canada. Told from multiple perspectives, Frontier takes place in a world where business negotiations might be resolved with close-quarter hatchet fights, and where delicate relations between native tribes and Europeans can spark bloody conflicts.
Pursued by Wilson Fisk's criminal empire, Maya's journey brings her home and she must confront her own family and legacy.
The multigenerational epic follows two concurrent time periods: One, the story of young Eli McCullough after he is kidnapped and indoctrinated into a tribe of Comanches in 1849. The other, 60 years later, when we see a grown Eli struggle to maintain his family’s cattle empire during the turbulent Bandit Wars of South Texas. Based on Philipp Meyer’s acclaimed novel.
A small town in upstate New York is turned upside down when local legend and town namesake, Nathan Rutherford fights the moving of a historical statue.
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
Four Indigenous teenagers in rural Oklahoma steal, rob and save in order to get to the exotic, mysterious and faraway land of California.
A star journalist moves to Alaska for a fresh start after a career-killing misstep, and finds redemption personally and professionally joining a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage.
Law of the Plainsman is a Western television series starring Michael Ansara that aired on the NBC television network from October 1, 1959, until May 5, 1960. The character of Native American U.S. Marshal Sam Buckhart was introduced in two episodes of the popular ABC Western television series The Rifleman starring Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain. Law of the Plainsman is distinctive and unique in that it was one of the few television programs that featured a Native American as the lead character, a bold move for U.S.network television at that time. Ansara had earlier appeared in the series Broken Arrow, having portrayed the Apache chief, Cochise. Ansara, however, was not Native American but of Syrian descent. Ansara played Sam Buckhart, an Apache Indian who saved the life of a U.S. Cavalry officer after an Indian ambush. When the officer died, he left Sam money that was used for an education at private schools and Harvard University. After school, he returned to New Mexico where he became a Deputy Marshal working for Marshal Andy Morrison. He lived in a boarding house run by Martha Commager. The only other continuing character was 8-year old Tess Logan, an orphan who had been rescued by Buckhart. Robert Harland, later of Target: The Corruptors! starred in seven episodes as Deputy Billy Lordan. Wayne Rogers, who went on to star in another Four Star western, Stagecoach West, and later, M*A*S*H, also played deputy Lordan in several episodes.
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October 1954 until May 1959, 166 episodes originally aired on ABC television network. It starred child actor Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orphaned in an Indian raid, who was being raised by the soldiers at a US Cavalry post known as Fort Apache. He and his German shepherd dog, Rin Tin Tin, helped the soldiers to establish order in the American West. Texas-born actor James Brown appeared as Lieutenant Ripley "Rip" Masters. Co-stars included veteran actor Joe Sawyer and actor Rand Brooks from Gone with the Wind fame.
A young priest enlists the help of a demon hunter and a paranormal expert to search for a kidnapped girl in the underworld of Mexico City.
Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of European colonialism, from America to Africa, and its impact on society today.
From the Executive Producer Robert Redford, THE AMERICAN WEST tells the story of the aftermath of the CIVIL WAR and how the United States transformed into the “land of opportunity" spanning the years 1865 to 1890. Transporting into the violent world of cowboys, Indians, outlaws and law men, the story chronicles the personal, little-known stories of Western legends such as Jesse James, Billy the Kid, Wyatt Earp, Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull. The series features exclusive interviews with notable names from classic Western films, including Robert Redford, James Caan, Burt Reynolds, Tom Selleck, Kiefer Sutherland, Mark Harmon, Ed Harris and more.
Lines will be crossed when tragedy forces two men, a mesmerizing ex-con and an embattled local cop, to face the secrets of their past. As these two men find themselves increasingly compromised by one another, the lives of both quickly unravel.
Seven British construction workers escape Britain's ever growing dole queues and travel to Germany to work on a site in Dusseldorf. We follow their trials and tribulations of working away from home and away from the women they left behind.
The lives of Indians on the Blackstone Indian reserve, told from an Aboriginal point of view.
Aboriginal hip-hop artist Jack Sinclair and his best friend Zoey Jones established an underground ezine called renegadepress.com. What started as a pet project soon took on a life of its own pushing Jack, Zoey and their crew of renegade reporters to deliver the goods on what's really going on in the lives of today's teens.
Brave Eagle is a 26-episode half-hour western television series which aired on CBS from September 28, 1955, to March 14, 1956, with rebroadcasts continuing until June 6. Keith Larsen, who was of Norwegian descent, starred as Brave Eagle, a peaceful young Cheyenne chief. The program was unconventional in that it ⁕ reflects the Native American viewpoint in the settlement of the American West and ⁕ was the first series to feature an American Indian as a lead character. Larsen's co-stars were Kim Winona, a Sioux Indian, as Morning Star, Brave Eagle's romantic interest; Anthony Numkena of Arizona, a Hopi Indian then using the stage name Keena Nomkeena, appeared as Keena, the adopted son of Brave Eagle; Pat Hogan as Black Cloud, and Bert Wheeler of the comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey, as the halfbreed Smokey Joe, full of tribal tall tales but accompanying wisdom. The episodes center upon routine activities among the Cheyenne, clashes with other tribes, attempts to prevent war, encroachment from white settlers, racial prejudice, and a threat of smallpox.
500 Nations is an eight-part documentary on the Native Americans of North and Central America. It documents from pre-Columbian to the end of the 19th century. Much of the information comes from text, eyewitnesses, pictorials, and computer graphics. The series was hosted by Kevin Costner, narrated by Gregory Harrison, and directed by Jack Leustig. It included the voice talents of Eric Schweig, Gordon Tootoosis, Wes Studi, Cástulo Guerra, Tony Plana, Edward James Olmos, Patrick Stewart, Gary Farmer, Tom Jackson, Tantoo Cardinal, Dante Basco, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild, Tim Bottoms, Michael Horse, Graham Greene, Floyd Red Crow Westerman, Amy Madigan, Frank Salsedo, and Kurtwood Smith. The series was written by Jack Leustig, Roberta Grossman, Lee Miller, and W. T. Morgan, with Dr. John M. D. Pohl. "The truth is, we have a story worth talking about. We have a history worth celebrating. Long before the first Europeans arrived here, there were some 500 nations already in North America. They blanketed the continent from coast to coast, from Central America to the Arctic. There were tens of millions of people here, speaking over 300 languages. Many of them lived in beautiful cities, among the largest and most advanced in the world. In the coming hours, 500 Nations looks back on those ancient cultures, how they lived, and how many survived.... What you're about to see is what happened. It's not all that happened, and it's not always pleasant. We can't change that. We can't turn back the clock. But we can open our eyes and give the first nations of this land the recognition and respect they deserve: their rightful place in the history of the world." Kevin Costner
Based on the best-selling Scholastic books; Dear America features the rich and spirited stories of young women at various turning points in history.