DESERT COFFEE

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Slab City is a squatter community in the Sonoran Desert, Southern California. The inhabitants, Slabbers, live in broken trailers or old school buses. Their closest neighbors are the United States Navy and Marine Corps, who practice aerial bombing in the area. Despite living off-grid in extreme weather conditions with no running water, electricity, sewage system or trash pickup, the residents enthusiastically embrace their freedom in the beautiful badlands of the desert.

Rob hates coffee but as soon as dawn breaks he meticulously brews "the best coffee in the county" for the customers of his makeshift internet cafe. DESERT COFFEE sketches an intimate, warm portrait of Rob and his friends – an unforgettable bunch of opinionated and troubled characters.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
53'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Mikael Lypinski
SCRIPT:
Mikael Lypinski
DOP:
Mikael Lypinski
EDITOR:
Jakub Pietrzak
MUSIC:
Mikołaj Hołówko
SOUND:
Filip Marcinkowski
PRODUCTION:
Mikael Lypinski, Piotr Bogucki

Mikael Lypinski »

Born and raised in Stockholm. Graduated from the Directing Department of The Polish National Film School in Łódź. He has made several shorts and 200 commercials worldwide. Traveller, photographer, marathon runner. "Desert Coffee" is his debut medium-length documentary. Lives in Stockholm and Warsaw.
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