The Salt Mines
1990•NR•47m•7.0•Released
Documentary
Explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latino transvestites who for years have lived on the streets of Manhattan supporting their drug addictions through prostitution. They made their temporary home inside broken garbage trucks that the Sanitation Department keeps next to the salt deposits used in the winter to melt the snow. The three friends share the place known as "The Salt Mines".
Director
Susana Aikin
Languages
English, Spanish
Studio
Frameline
Cast
Ricardo
Self (as Sara)
Gigi
Self
Giovanna
Self
Production
Company
Frameline
Company
Starfish
Producer
Susana Aikin
Producer
Carlos Aparicio
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