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January 13 - January 13, 2010

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2150 Folsom Street San Francisco, CA 94110
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The Water Film Series: Plagues & Pleasures of the Salton Sea Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea is a film where utopia and apocalypse meet to do a dirty tango. -John Waters
Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea is a film” where utopia and apocalypse meet to do a dirty tango.” - John Waters John Waters narrates the documentary film “Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea”. The subject of the film is the Salton Sea, an area in the California desert about 130 miles east of San Diego and just south of Palm Springs. The sea was accidentally created at the turn-of-the-century when a plan to divert the waters of the Colorado River backfired and the ensuing floodwaters collected in a 30-square-mile salt flat. A few years later, the body of water was stocked with fish and a thriving fishing industry was born. In the 1950's, real estate developers decided that the area had the potential to be another Palm Springs and transformed it into a vacation destination that some called “the American Riviera.” But after a while, a series of disasters–some man-made and some natural–began to occur. Now only a handful of sympathetic local eccentrics cherish their memories of the good old days, hope for better days, while the reality of an ecological disaster has arrived at their doorstep. Directed by Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer. San Francisco Filmmaker Chris Metzler will introduce the film and will be available after the film for questions and answers! Admission is Free $5 suggested donation for popcorn and beer Doors open at 6:00 Talk at 7:00 followed by the film at 7:15 Extra Added Bonus: Local Grey Water Activist Greg Bullock will give a brief 5-10 minute talk on grey water recycling technology before the film. Please bring your discarded 2009 Phone books to recycle and to participate in an installation in the gallery hosted by Ale Jochum 6:00-6:30 http://www.phonebookfree.org