The Salt Mines

6.0
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 47 min
  • Premiere: 1990. October 1.

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".

Discover

Ricardo

Self (as Sara)

Gigi

Self

Giovanna

Self

Directing

Susana Aikin

Director

Editing

Maria Zamakola

Assistant Editor

Production

Susana Aikin

Producer

Jorge Carmona

Associate Producer

Javier Domingo

Associate Producer

Sound

Elliott Sharp

Original Music Composer

Elliott Sharp

Musician

Directing

Susana Aikin

Director

Editing

Maria Zamakola

Assistant Editor

Production

Susana Aikin

Producer

Jorge Carmona

Associate Producer

Javier Domingo

Associate Producer

Sound

Elliott Sharp

Original Music Composer

Elliott Sharp

Musician