The Salt Mines

Oct 01, 1990 47m

1 votes

Documentary

Synopsis

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".

Title	The Salt Mines
Companies	Frameline, Starfish
Countries	United States of America
Keywords	prostitute, transvestite, drug addiction, squatter, hiv, crack cocaine, poverty, crack addict, homeless, substance abuse, woman director