ABOUT THE FILM

At one time a thriving tourist destination, the Salton Sea is largely forgotten and abandoned today. Despite decades of warnings, California’s largest lake is disappearing, creating a catastrophic ecosystem collapse that has left millions of fish and wildlife struggling for survival. 

A casualty of the “water wars” along the Colorado River, the Sea is rapidly receding after water was sold to San Diego in 2017, creating the perfect conditions for toxic dust storms with far reaching impacts to the millions of people who live in Southern California. Can we still save the Sea from being the worst environmental disaster in US history or have we already gone past the breaking point?