The Salt Mines

IMDb 6.0 1990 • 47 min • Documentary

Director

Susana Aikin

Country

US

Plot Summary

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".

Top Cast

Ricardo
Ricardo Self (as Sara)
Gigi
Gigi Self
Giovanna
Giovanna Self