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The Salt Mines
The Salt Mines

1990

The Salt Mines

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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0hrs 47mins

Documentary

October 01, 1990

7.0

IMDb

Language

English

Status

Released

Title:

The Salt Mines

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".

Genres:

Documentary

Languages:

English, Spanish

Runtime:

0hrs 47mins

Country Origin:

US

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