Greg Bassenian's guest appearances

Greg Bassenian

KUCI: Film School

Behind The Lens

Renji Philip

Marianna Palka

Bert Marcus

Greg Kinnear

Paul Tanter

David Baker

Dick Cavett

Michael Grodner

Todd Berger

Adam Linkenhelt

Mark Jackson

Frances Causey

Gene Pope

Yibing Jiang

Lisa France

OwlTail

Greg Bassenian (“CSI: Miami”) eye-opening award-winning documentary Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea, which lays bare the startling environmental disaster that is the Salton Sea in California’s coveted Coachella valley.  Charting the Salton Sea’s creation in 1905 to the current devastating environmental crisis that it faces today, this harrowing journey takes the viewer into the toxic dust. As the largest lake in California begins to dry, millions of lives are in danger as clouds of toxic dust threaten the health of millions of Californians. Following in the footsteps of Al Gore’s eye opening An Inconvenient Truth, Bassenian’s  new documentary carefully plots the course of economic growth that sprouted a shimmering desert riviera laden with costly construction challenges developing into the perfect storm – creating an unstable ecosystem that now lays to waste the health of the Coachella Valley’s community as both local and federal governments look to pass the cost of fixing things onto someone other than themselves. Director Greg Bassenian joins us to talk about this accidental body of water’s orgin-story, it’s moment of fleeting fame and the dire consequences for all of Southern California if measures are not taken to rescue The Salton Sea from total collapse.facebook.com/miracleinthedesert

Greg Bassenian (“CSI: Miami”) eye-opening award-winning documentary Miracle in the Desert: The Rise and Fall of the Salton Sea, which lays bare the startling environmental disaster that is the Salton Sea in California’s coveted Coachella valley. Charting the Salton Sea’s creation in 1905 to the current devastating environmental crisis that it faces today, this harrowing journey takes the viewer into the toxic dust. As the largest lake in California begins to dry, millions of lives are in danger as clouds of toxic dust threaten the health of millions of Californians. Following in the footsteps of Al Gore’s eye opening An Inconvenient Truth, Bassenian’s new documentary carefully plots the course of economic growth that sprouted a shimmering desert riviera laden with costly construction challenges developing into the perfect storm – creating an unstable ecosystem that now lays to waste the health of the Coachella Valley’s community as both local and federal governments look to pass the cost of fixing things onto someone other than themselves. Director Greg Bassenian joins us to talk about this accidental body of water’s orgin-story, it’s moment of fleeting fame and the dire consequences for all of Southern California if measures are not taken to rescue The Salton Sea from total collapse. <a href="http://facebook.com/miracleinthedesert" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/miracleinthedesert</a>

Miracle in the Desert / Film School Radio interview with Director Greg Bassenian 

Jenness Rouse

BEHIND THE LENS goes from THE SHANNON O'BRIAN CHRONICLES to the Salton Sea this week with our special guests, JENNESS ROUSE and GREG BASSENIAN. First up is the incredibly talented JENNESS ROUSE who is back for her third visit to #BTLRadioShow and boy does Jenness have a lot to talk about thanks to her award-winning improv web series of shorts – THE SHANNON O'BRIAN CHRONICLES. If you haven't watched this series, you need to. Now! Jenness as her alter ego Shannon O'Brian is HILARIOUS. Listen as Jenness tells us how the flu and a tube of neon pink lipstick led her to Shannon and how that turned into a global festival love fest for the web series, the character, and for Jenness as creator, director, performer. Energetic and effervescent as always, a fun time will be had by all with Jenness around! And then we move on to a very sobering subject – our environment and California's Salton Sea – with filmmaker GREG BASSENIAN who joins us to talk about his latest documentary MIRACLE IN THE DESERT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SALTON SEA. An unfolding environmental disaster of extraordinary magnitude, the Salton Sea, the largest lake in California, is drying up. Ecosystems are being destroyed, millions of fish kills and toxic dust clouds are occurring. This could prove to be the worst environmental disaster in the state for a generation. A powerful and insightful documentary, listen as Greg talks about his inspiration for the documentary, especially as a native Californian, his guerrilla filmmaking from finding experts to speak with, crafting an ever-developing throughline, doing his own lensing and lighting (some beautiful imagery!), editing, finding objectivity and balance within the information imparted, and so much more. MIRACLE IN THE DESERT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SALTON SEA is available now on digital platforms AND has some upcoming drive-in showings in the Palm Springs area.http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

BEHIND THE LENS goes from THE SHANNON O'BRIAN CHRONICLES to the Salton Sea this week with our special guests, JENNESS ROUSE and GREG BASSENIAN. First up is the incredibly talented JENNESS ROUSE who is back for her third visit to #BTLRadioShow and boy does Jenness have a lot to talk about thanks to her award-winning improv web series of shorts – THE SHANNON O'BRIAN CHRONICLES. If you haven't watched this series, you need to. Now! Jenness as her alter ego Shannon O'Brian is HILARIOUS. Listen as Jenness tells us how the flu and a tube of neon pink lipstick led her to Shannon and how that turned into a global festival love fest for the web series, the character, and for Jenness as creator, director, performer. Energetic and effervescent as always, a fun time will be had by all with Jenness around! And then we move on to a very sobering subject – our environment and California's Salton Sea – with filmmaker GREG BASSENIAN who joins us to talk about his latest documentary MIRACLE IN THE DESERT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SALTON SEA. An unfolding environmental disaster of extraordinary magnitude, the Salton Sea, the largest lake in California, is drying up. Ecosystems are being destroyed, millions of fish kills and toxic dust clouds are occurring. This could prove to be the worst environmental disaster in the state for a generation. A powerful and insightful documentary, listen as Greg talks about his inspiration for the documentary, especially as a native Californian, his guerrilla filmmaking from finding experts to speak with, crafting an ever-developing throughline, doing his own lensing and lighting (some beautiful imagery!), editing, finding objectivity and balance within the information imparted, and so much more. MIRACLE IN THE DESERT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE SALTON SEA is available now on digital platforms AND has some upcoming drive-in showings in the Palm Springs area. <a href="http://behindthelensonline.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://behindthelensonline.net</a> <a href="http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com</a>

BEHIND THE LENS #278: Featuring Jenness Rouse and Greg Bassenian