PLAGUES AND PLEASURES ON THE SALTON SEA

Fabulously offbeat and refreshingly upbeat, this lovable film gets friendly with the natives of the Salton Sea, an inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights - located just minutes from urban Southern California.
This award-winning film details the rise and fall of the Salton Sea, from its heyday as the “California Riviera” where boaters and Beach Boys mingled in paradise to its present state as a decaying, forgotten ecological disaster.

DIRECTORS
Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer

CAST
Narrated by John Waters
Music by The Friends of Dean Martinez

ACCLAIM
* Winner of 32 Awards for Best Documentary
* Winner HBO Producer’s Award
* Official Selection: Slamdance Film Festival

PRODUCTION
2004 USA 73/58 min./ Colour/ English/ Documentary