Among the Palms the Bomb, Or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of Plenty
Directed by Lukas Marxt, Vanja Smiljanić2024 86mDocumentary
Where the sandy beach of the Salton Sea, the biggest lake in California, begins to crunch harder, it does not even consist of sand any more: Millions of dead fish, plants and insects pile up on the shore to form a highly toxic substance. This is how Derek explains it, a member of a Cahuilla tribe that managed to escape an attempted genocide in the 19th century to the Salton Sea and now sees itself as a protective force for the once flourishing but increasingly deserted area and its outcasts.
