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Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea | KQED Truly CA

KQED Arts · 1.3M views · 2014-09-05 · 1:01:33

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Overview

A KQED Truly CA documentary narrated by John Waters about the Salton Sea, a once-glamorous California vacation spot now home to an eccentric community. It covers the area's economic, political and environmental problems and features Salvation Mountain.

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HN recommends it as an engaging, funny and fascinating documentary, and cites it in threads on the Salton Sea's history and environmental decline.

Recommended by 4 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2017–2025

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Documentaries & storytellingEnvironment, agriculture & food systems
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What people said

darrenf · 2023-07 · Strong recommendation

The similarly named Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea is one of my favourite documentaries of all time, I find it so fascinating: [VIDEO] The video made to sell the place as a paradise in the 60s is also fascinating: [LINK]

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nolanpro · 2017-06 · Strong recommendation

Theres a great documentary "Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea" (narrated by John Waters!) Definitely one of my top 10 documentaries [VIDEO]

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lizknope · 2025-11 · Recommendation

Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea narrated by John Waters [VIDEO] I watched this 20 years ago. It's a really interesting and funny documentary about the Salton Sea and the area around it. [LINK]

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