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Rated: 6.4 out of 10 with 65 votes.
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".
Title:The Salt Mines
Release Date:Monday, October 1st, 1990
Directed by:Susana Aikin, Carlos Aparicio
Genres:Documentary
Keywords:ProstituteTransvestiteDrug-AddictionHivPovertyHomelessWoman-Director