Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

A film by Chris Metzler & Jeff Springer

Enjoy climate, culture and stench

Once known as the California Riviera, the Salton Sea is now called one of America’s worst ecological disasters: a fetid, stagnant lake, coughing up dead fish and birds by the thousands. Hair raising and hilarious, part history lesson, part cautionary tale…this is the American Dream gone as stinky as a dead carp.

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Director

Chris Metzler & Jeff Springer

Producer

Chris Metzler

Runtime

73 & 53 minutes

Rights Represented

International Rights

Captions Available

None Available

Language

English

Press

“Jaunty and funny… with a cast of colorful locals who make the residents of Vernon, Florida seem normal.”

- Variety

“Highly entertaining! A funny and poignant documentary.”

- San Francisco Chronicle

“Historically thorough and thoroughly hysterical.”

- LA Weekly

“A heartbreaking, sidesplitting parade of humanity.”

- Village Voice
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Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea

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