The Salt Mines backdrop

The Salt Mines 1990 Directed by Susana Aikin , Carlos Aparicio

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".

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Spanish
Gnere Documentary
Production Companies Frameline , Starfish
Release Date 1 October 1990
47 mins