Movie

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".

Director

Susana Aikin

Music

Elliott Sharp

Director

Carlos Aparicio

Status

Released

Release date

01/10/1990

Original language

English