🎬 Documentary

The Salt Mines

⭐ 7.0/10 1990 47m Dir. Susana Aikin
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About this movie

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".

Quick facts

Year
1990
Runtime
47m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.0/10
Votes
2
Genre
Documentary
Director
Susana Aikin
Language
EN

Cast

👤
Ricardo
Self (as Sara)
👤
Gigi
Self
👤
Giovanna
Self
🎭 Documentary 🎬 Susana Aikin 👤 Ricardo 👤 Gigi 👤 Giovanna
prostitute transvestite drug addiction squatter hiv crack cocaine poverty crack addict homeless substance abuse woman director

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Questions about The Salt Mines

The Salt Mines has a runtime of 47m ( and 47 minutes).
The Salt Mines was directed by Susana Aikin and released in 1990.
The Salt Mines is a Documentary film (1990).
The cast of The Salt Mines includes Ricardo, Gigi, Giovanna.
The Salt Mines has a TMDB rating of 7.0/10 based on 2 votes.

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