• Dead Sea Dying

    Dead Sea Dying

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  • Dead Sea Dying

    Dead Sea Dying

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  • Dead Sea Dying

    Dead Sea Dying

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  • Dead Sea Dying

    Dead Sea Dying

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  • Dead Sea Dying

    Dead Sea Dying

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  • Dead Sea Dying

    Dead Sea Dying

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Dead Sea Dying

by Katharina Rabl, Rebecca Zehr

Dead Sea Dying

2019 | 29:00 min

Formal Categories

Current Affairs Sustainability Ecology Economy

Content Categories

Documentary
Synopsis
On the banks of the Dead Sea, there where God is said to have destroyed the sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, the earth is once again opening up; the sea level is dropping by one meter per year, and there on the banks of the salt lake, date trees and massage parlors are being consumed by sinkholes. While the name of the lake itself seems to be transforming into a self-fulfilling prophecy, tremendous industrial facilities twinkle at night at the site where Sodom once existed. Tourists feel their way around in the waters in search of cures, and behind the beaches, excavators are digging up the land in preparation for the next luxury hotel. A kaleidoscopic look at a dystopian place where people perpetually revolve around themselves.
Festivals/Awards
2019
Tënk Award – Visions du Réel Nyon
34 DOK.fest Munich
EDOC Festival Ecuador
Shortfilm FF Hamburg
ForadCamp
dokumentART
2022
65 DOK Leipzig – Time to Act! Our House Is on Fire



Cast and Crew
  • Director Katharina Rabl, Rebecca Zehr
  • Producer Philipp Link, Max Scherer
  • Narrator Mona Vojacek Koper
  • Sound Design Johannes Wendler
Co-Production Company
HFF München (Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film)
Germany
www.hff-muenchen.de
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