Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
2006
6.9 (11)
57 min
English
Once “California’s Riviera”, the Salton Sea is now America’s worst ecological disaster.
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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- Released
- Production
- Tilapia Film
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John Waters as Self - Narrator (voice)
Sonny Bono as Himself (archival footage)
Norm Niver as Himself
Petre Melvin as Himself
Leonard Knight as Himself
Bobbie Todhunter as Herself
Steve Horvitz as Himself
Lechon Rainey as Herself
Top Crew
Chris Metzler · Director
Jeff Springer · Director, Editor
Bill Elm · Composer
Chris Metzler · Producer
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