Ironweed Film Club No. 21: Plagues & Pleasures On The Salton Sea/Ghosts from Working Man’s Death
March 1, 2011Ironweed Film Club No. 21: Plagues & Pleasures On The Salton Sea/Ghosts from Working Man’s Death
Call Number: IWFC_no 21
by: Chris Metzler; Jeff Springer; John Waters; Michael Glawogger; Tilapia Film.; Ironweed Film Club.; New Video Group.; Docurama Films.; Cinema Guild.;
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: [San Francisco] : Ironweed Film Club, ©2007.
Notes: Issue: August 2007 (97 mins.); Contains 1 Feature Film, 1 Short, and DVD Extras.
Summary: Two documentaries about alien and harsh environments where nature and industry collide, and the communities of people that live there. Once known as the California Riviera, the man-made Salton Sea is mistakenly portrayed by the media as an ecological disaster. Today, close-knit communities of eclectic and eccentric residents must battle biased media representations and surrounding metropolises threatening to appropriate water sources that keep the sea alive. Ghosts, a vignette from the film Working man’s death (dir. by Michael Glawogger), features the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia and the workers who haul raw sulfur across the treacherous terrain.
Summary: Two documentaries about alien and harsh environments where nature and industry collide, and the communities of people that live there. Once known as the California Riviera, the man-made Salton Sea is mistakenly portrayed by the media as an ecological disaster. Today, close-knit communities of eclectic and eccentric residents must battle biased media representations and surrounding metropolises threatening to appropriate water sources that keep the sea alive. Ghosts, a vignette from the film Working man’s death (dir. by Michael Glawogger), features the Kawah Ijen volcano in Indonesia and the workers who haul raw sulfur across the treacherous terrain.
OCLC #: 168641605
Added: March 1, 2011
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
