Plagues & Pleasures on the Salton Sea is a whimsical, charming documentary by Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer that chronicles the history of the area and catalogues the weird and wild people who call it their home. Narrated by John Waters, the film jumps from place to place while telling its story, from Salton City to Bombay Beach to Niland to the Sonny Bono Wildlife Refuge and the Salton Sea State Park. It screens at 7 p.m. Thursday, September 13, at Starz FilmCenter in the Tivoli, and at 7 p.m. Friday, September 14, in the ATLAS building on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus; visit www.saltonseadoc.com for information.