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1990

The Salt Mines

Directed by Susana Aikin

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".

Duration

0h 47m

Released

October 1, 1990

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Cast3

  • Ricardo
  • Gigi
  • Giovanna

Part ofThe Salt Mines + Transformation Collection

Includes The Salt Mines (1990), and The Transformation (1996).

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