The Salt Mines
The Salt Mines is one of the most talked-about Documentary movies released in 1990, attracting audiences with its cinematic storytelling and memorable performances.
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".
