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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
2006 · Film · documentary · 57 min
Directed by Jeff Springer, Chris Metzler
The Salton Sea: An inland ocean of massive fish kills, rotting resorts, and 120 degree nights located just minutes from urban Southern California. This 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 of decaying, forgotten ecological disaster.
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See also “Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438327/
I’ve watched it several times after becoming fascinated by the place upon watching this (much) shorter piece on Youtube: https://youtu.be/otIU6Py4K_A
Thanks OP for posting this article, I always eagerly enjoy new pieces about the area.
One of the better documentaries I've seen is Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea. It goes into the history, adds the best type of humans to the mix (the kind that live near the Salton Sea), and is narrated by John Waters; I would really suggest you check it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagues_%26_Pleasures_on_the_Salton_Sea