The Salt Mines

Name: The Salt Mines
Genre: Documentary
Released: 01 Oct 1990
Rating: 6.00
Cast: Ricardo, Gigi, Giovanna

1990-10-01 United States of America 47 minutes.

6.00 1 votes

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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".

Year 1990

Studio Frameline, Starfish

Director Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio

Crew Maria Zamakola (Assistant Editor), Jorge Carmona (Associate Producer), Susana Aikin (Producer), Javier Domingo (Associate Producer), Susana Aikin (Director), Elliott Sharp (Original Music Composer)

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Language English, Español