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

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Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea
Directed byGreg Bassenian
Release date
  • September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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. [1] [2] 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.

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Synopsis

Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea chronicles the origins of the creation of the Salton Sea in 1905 up through current day 2020, as well as a large overview of Imperial Valley history and the origins of the Imperial Valley. [3] [4] It also covers the current political and environmental initiatives around the sea due to issues such as water rights transfers that are causing the sea to decline due to less influx of water to the farm of the Imperial Valley. [5] [6] The documentary features interviews with state and local officials, as well as citizens living near the Salton Sea, gaining their perspective on the current state of the Salton Sea and possible large scale restoration solutions. [7]

Release

The film was released to digital streaming platforms and DVD September 22, 2020, by documentary studio Gravitas Ventures. [8]

Awards

The film won the 2020 Best Documentary Prize at the Borrego Springs Film Festival. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "LBB Film Club: 'Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of The Salton Sea'". LBBOnline. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Salton Sea Documentary Sheds New Light on a Looming Environmental Disaster". NBC Los Angeles. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ Morales, Julio. "Documentary highlights ailing Salton Sea". Imperial Valley Press Online. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  4. ↑ Flores, Roman. "Los Angeles filmmaker's Salton Sea documentary highlights Imperial Valley history". The Desert Review. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  5. ↑ Stuart, Gwynedd (September 24, 2020). "How the Salton Sea, Once a Leisure Destination, Became an Ecological Time Bomb". Los Angeles Magazine. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Salton Sea Documentary Sheds New Light on a Looming Environmental Disaster". www.msn.com. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  7. ↑ Olalde, Mark. "New Salton Sea documentary wades into the slow-moving environmental disaster". The Desert Sun. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ McNary, Dave (June 24, 2020). "Film News in Brief: Jim Gaffigan, Joel Courtney Join 'Jesus Revolution' for Lionsgate". Variety . Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ "The WINNERS!". THE BSFF. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
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