Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea (2020)

Directed by

Greg Bassenian

Genre

documentary

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 24m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary tells the story of how the Salton Sea was accidentally created in 1905. It covers the area's 1960s boom years and the environmental problems it has now. The film includes interviews with local people and officials working on restoration efforts.

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What happens

Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea is a 2020 feature-length documentary film that was directed by Greg Bassenian. The film chronicles the origins of the creation of the Salton Sea in 1905, the 1960s economic boom of the sea, as well as the current environmental challenges that it faces. It also includes interviews with local citizens as well as state and city-level officials involved in the current efforts to mitigate and/or restore the Salton Sea. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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