Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea (2004)

Original title

Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

Directed by

Chris Metzler

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

57 min

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

It tells the story of California's Salton Sea, an accidental lake that became an environmental disaster. The film introduces the oddball residents who live on its shores and the strange beauty of the dying body of water.

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What happens

Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea is a documentary film by Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer, with narration by John Waters and music by Friends of Dean Martinez. This often humorous documentary tells the story of the accidental lake and environmental catastrophe known as the Salton Sea, located in the desert of southern California in the United States. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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