Dregs of the City: Slab City | Short Documentary

Slab City is the last free place on earth.

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Dregs of the City: Slab City takes an inside look into Slab City, an outlaw city in the middle of the desert in southern California. In Slab City, residents can do pretty much whatever they want, and this produces many positive outcomes, but also a few negative ones. Most of the homeless people in "the slabs" are happy. They would argue they are more happy than the "Babylonians," or people living in "normal" society.

In Slab City you will meet artists, train hoppers, dirty kids, and many other types of characters. This documentary aims to explore those types of characters, and illuminate some of the issues that their community faces. One of the big issues they face is pollution from both the Salton Sea, and the lithium plants being built all around the surrounding Imperial Valley. This issue puts residents both in Slab City and surrounding communities at risk for serious respiratory issues.

California is unsure what to do with Slab City, and it's not certain that they care enough to bother with it at all. All the while, the residents of "the slabs" will continue making art, riding ATV's, and enjoying each others company. There are many misconceptions about Slab City, but whatever you've come to assume about it is probably untrue. The people are just people, and their choices are just choices, and it's up for the audience to decide whether or not Slab City is a net positive for its people, California, and the rest of the world.

Most YouTuber coverage of Slab City has been completely dishonest. With titles like "SURVIVING 24 HOURS IN A CITY WITH NO LAWS" and "I Survived a Night in America's Last Lawless City." Hopefully we can do "the slabs" more of a justice with this documentary.

A special thanks to @mysocalledslablife for helping us so much and allowing us into her life for a bit, and thank you to all others that did the same.

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Co-Directors: 6 7 Kevin Kalb, Charles Leith, Danny Golden, & Justin Rose
Editor: Charles Leith
Director of Photography: 6 7 Kevin Kalb
Camera Operators: 6 7 Kevin Kalb, Charles Leith, Danny Golden & Justin Rose

Thumbnail Design by: 6 7 Kevin Kalb

News Sources:
Brent Riviera - YouTube
Stokes Twins - YouTube
VICE - YouTube
Into the Wild - Paramount Pictures
Slab City Back of a Quad Turned Up - YouTube
AIR SEARCH - YouTube
Bald and Bankrupt - YouTube
CBS News- YouTube
dstrdwg1 - YouTube
Thomas Studios17 - YouTube
The Wall Street Journal - YouTube
CBC News: The National- YouTube
KESQ News Channel 3 - YouTube
CBS Evening News - YouTube
IT'S HISTORY - YouTube

Music Used:
""Another good year for the roses" by Kurt Vile
"Over Everything" by Courtney Barnett & Kurt Vile
"Hey Like a Child" by Kurt Vile
"Pretty Pimpin" by Kurt Vile
"I'm an Outlaw" by Kurt Vile
"Dust Bunnies" by Kurt Vile
"Wakin on a Pretty Day" by Kurt Vile

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