The Salt Mines
1990 • Documentary
6 (1)
Susana Aikin
Director
Carlos Aparicio
Director
Status
Released
Release date
October 1, 1990
Duration
47 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.819
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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".