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The Salt Mines

1990 47 min English NR
Wubly rating 7.1 IMDb rating 7.2

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".

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Part of Salt Mines + Transformation Collection

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Carlos Aparicio Director · Susana Aikin Director

United States release October 1, 1990 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Spanish

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English · Spanish

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United States · October 1, 1990

Premiere · The Gas Station

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