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Title
Slab City: Reel 097
Creator
Durbin, Greg
George, Sherman
Date Created and/or Issued
May, 1990
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, The UC San Diego Library
Collection
Slab City
Rights Information
Under copyright
Constraint(s) on Use: This work is protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires written permission of the copyright holder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Library. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Library program having custody of the work.
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Rights Holder and Contact
Sherman George
Greg Durbin
Description
Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art
Humanities and Social Sciences
Don (at head of tape) points out locations on map and that’s somewhat interesting. But beyond that he becomes gossipy and isn’t real strong on video. Good moments are when he mentions domestic troubles at slabs, problems with scrappers going onto bombing range and inconsistent communication. Framing of shots isn’t real good for much of this talk. (Don is Gold Man). LS of mountains and distant clouds. Also, good B-roll of Leonard’s mountain, brightly painted words, his tractor, landscape.
UC San Diego Library, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175 (https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/contact)
Type
moving image
Format
Videotape; 22 minutes, 24 seconds
Form/Genre
documentaries
video recordings
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb87047340
Language
English
Subject
Roads
Military camps
House paint
Alternative lifestyles
Foundations (structural elements)
Deserts
Tractors
Outsider art
Ruins
Alcoholism
Camping trailers
Mudflows
Disasters
Maps
Interviews
Police officers
Salvation Mountain
Campgrounds
Mountains
Bombing and gunnery ranges--California
Painting (coating)
Landscapes (environments)
Driving
Concrete slabs
Drug abuse
Panoramas
Earthworks (sculpture)
Sculpture (visual work)
Documentaries
Video recordings
Salton Sea, California, United States
Niland, Imperial, California, United States
Knight, Leonard, 1931-
Place
Salton Sea, California, United States
Niland, Imperial, California, United States

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