Slab City (original) (raw)

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Slab City

About this collection

Access

• Some items restricted

Collection

• Visual Arts and Architecture

Extent

231 digital objects.

Description

From about 1986 to 1992 videographers Sherman George and Greg Durbin shot footage of the Sonoran Desert community of Slab City (Imperial County, California) for an unrealized documentary. These videos include extensive interviews with residents, various community activities (swap meets, holiday parties etc.) and many shots of the surrounding desert landscape and military bombing range.

Creation Date

• 1986-1997

Filmmakers

• Durbin, Greg
• George, Sherman

Geographics

• Niland, Imperial, California, United States
• Salton Sea, California, United States
• Salvation Mountain

Genres

• Documentaries
• Video recordings

Topics

• Alternative lifestyles
• Deserts
• Outsider art

Formats

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• cartographic
• image
• text
• video

Language

• English