The Salt Mines

The Salt Mines

1990
47m
6.0

6.0/10

1 votes • View on IMDb
Documentary
Overview

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".

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Production Information

Production Companies
Frameline Starfish
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Spanish

Keywords

prostitute transvestite drug addiction squatter hiv crack cocaine poverty crack addict homeless substance abuse woman director

Quick Facts

Release Date October 1, 1990
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0137202

Cast

Ricardo
Ricardo

Self (as Sara)

Gigi
Gigi

Self

Giovanna
Giovanna

Self

Key Crew

Susana Aikin
Producer
Susana Aikin
Director
Carlos Aparicio
Director
Carlos Aparicio
Producer