DESERT COFFEE

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.