Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea
“Once “California’s Riviera”, the Salton Sea is now America’s worst ecological disaster.”
2006•57m•6.8•Released
Documentary
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.
Director
Chris Metzler
Languages
English
Studio
Tilapia Film
Cast
John Waters
Self - Narrator (voice)
Sonny Bono
Himself (archival footage)
Norm Niver
Himself
Petre Melvin
Himself
Leonard Knight
Himself
Bobbie Todhunter
Herself
Steve Horvitz
Himself
Lechon Rainey
Herself
Paul Clement
Himself
Newt Gingrich
Self (archival footage)
Production
Company
Tilapia Film
Producer
Chris Metzler
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