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Title
Slab City: Reel 096
Creator
Durbin, Greg
George, Sherman
Date Created and/or Issued
April, 1990
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Slab City
Rights Information
Under copyright
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Rights Holder and Contact
Sherman George
Greg Durbin
Description
Humanities and Social Sciences
Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art
Interview with Leonard Knight after the collapse – very good interview with strong tape of audio & video. Leonard’s optimism and good spirits shine through despite this “disaster.” He talks about how caring other people have been and then walks over to his blue tractor, which is adorned with hand-painted words from the Bible – Jesus, Bible, God; Leonard holds up photo. LS of the caved-in mountain; also pans and zooms all have good audio and video. Also, good traveling shots while driving along road on the way to the slabs.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
moving image
Format
Videotape; 20 minutes, 37 seconds
Form/Genre
documentaries
video recordings
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb4848042k
Language
English
Subject
Deserts
Panoramas
Alternative lifestyles
Outsider art
Campgrounds
Salvation Mountain
Military camps
Mountains
Foundations (structural elements)
Landscapes (environments)
Disasters
Driving
Ruins
Earthworks (sculpture)
Tractors
House paint
Roads
Painting (coating)
Concrete slabs
Camping trailers
Interviews
Sculpture (visual work)
Mudflows
Documentaries
Video recordings
Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Salton Sea, California, United States
Knight, Leonard, 1931-
Place
Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Salton Sea, California, United States

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