The Salt Mines
(1990)
October 1, 1990
(US)
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Documentary
• 47m
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".
Keywords
prostitute
transvestite
drug addiction
squatter
hiv
crack cocaine
poverty
crack addict
homeless
substance abuse
woman director
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Status
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Original Language
EN
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