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The Salt Mines

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".

Release DateOctober 1, 1990
StatusReleased
Original TitleThe Salt Mines
Runtime 47min
Budget
Revenue
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Original LanguageEnglish
Production CountriesUnited States of America
Production CompaniesFramelineStarfish

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Salt Mines + Transformation Collection

Includes: The Salt Mines, The Transformation

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