Project Detail

Greetings From Death Valley

Synopsis

After unprecedented rainfall the desert of Death Valley burst into flower. Unseen in living memory, the flowers drew tourists from around the world.

Greetings from Death Valley tells three stories from this forgotten landscape. From the last two residents in a gold rush town. From a village at the edge of a lake dried up to feed water to the distant city of Los Angeles. From the proposed site of the dump for all of the USA's nuclear waste.

Told through the voices of residents living with the consequences of these events, the film is three postcards from places America would rather ignore.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
21 mins
Format
DV
Director
Joanna Wright
Producer
Joanna Wright
Editor
Ariadna Fatjo-Vilas
Director of Photography
Joanna Wright
Sound
Dillip Harris, Alex Ashcroft
Composer
Matthew Davidson

Production Status

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK

T +44 (0)14 9473 1452

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