Set in an isolated mining town on the outskirts of Death Valley, Song of Salt is an immersive glimpse into the struggles and celebrations within a tight-knit community as its residents, suspended between the past and the future, face the present realities of an eroding economy. / 96 minutes / 2022
Co-Directed by Emma Baiada & Nicolas Snyder / Starring the May Jr Family, Tremaine Freese, Mary Crandall, and many more
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Screenings & Awards:
Lighthouse International Film Festival 2022 (Special Presentation) - Winner of Honey Levine Audience Award
SF DocFest 2022
Mimesis Documentary Festival 2022 (Opening Night Film) - Winner of the audience award for best feature documentary
Monadnock International Film Festival 2022 - Special Screening / Co-Sponsored by Radically Rural
Buffalo International Film Festival 2022
UCR Arts / Sponsored by California Humanities with support from the National Endowment for the Arts
Camphill Village USA
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"meaningful and captivating … the perfect observational documentary” - Film Threat
This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Song of Salt was a proud participant of DocNYC’s Only in New York 2020 program.
Produced in association with the Center for Independent Documentary