Among the Palms The Bomb, or: Looking for Reflections in the Toxic Field of Plenty

Where the beach of the Salton Sea, California’s largest lake, starts to crunch, it’s no longer sand but layers of dead fish, plants, and insects forming a toxic mix. Derek is a Cahuilla tribe member whose ancestors fled here during 19th-century genocide attempts.. His community are now guardians of the once flourishing but increasingly deserted area. During WWII it served as a nuclear test site for the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A camera glides around a model of the bomb “Little Boy” in the local museum, set to “We’ll Meet Again.”