(The Salt Mines)

Content: 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".

Countries:

United States of America

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

47 minutes

Year:

1990

Directors:

Susana Aikin

Production companies:

Frameline,

Starfish

Actors:

Self (as Sara)

Self

Self

Crews:

Producer

Associate Producer

Associate Producer

Assistant Editor

Director