Short film highlights decay, beauty at the Salton Sea

Independent filmmaker, Franck Tabouring is trying to save the Salton Sea in his own way.

Tabouring has created a short film filled with thought provoking images called, “The Useless Sea.”

“You’ll be surprised but I’ve talked to many people who’ve growed up in California have lived there their entire lives, and when I mention, ‘Have you heard of the Salton Sea?” They’ve never heard of it,” said Tabouring.

Tabouring personally discovered the Salton Sea while scouting desert locations for another film project.

“This really gave me the feel of what a post apocalyptic desert scenery would be like,” said Tabouring.

“I love it. You know for the size of it, it’s massive,” said Tabouring of the biggest lake in California where there’s so much to see.

Tabouring’s short film contrasts this place of death and deterioration, with it’s unbridled beauty.

“I wanted to basically go around the entire lake and capture everything that I could in the span of three days,” said Tabouring. “And that’s what we did,” he added.

It was filmed three days in February, much of it at sunrise and sunset, at as many locations as they could and with multiple cameras.

Tabouring wants more people to know about this special place he hopes can be saved.

Tabouring said, “I don’t think it’s too late, but I think it’s time that something happens at a more accelerated rate because the Salton Sea is not slowing down either.”

He knows it will take more money, and ultimately more water.

Time is running out, but it is worth saving.

You can see Tabouring’s film online for free at: https://vimeo.com/156218405.