Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (45 min.)) : sound, color |
Summary |
The Salt Mines explores the lives of Sara, Gigi and Giovanna, three Latina transwomen who for years have lived on the streets of Manhattan supporting their drug addictions through sex work. 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 with a varied community of homeless people. They talk about their sexual identity, their past and their dreams. We follow their daily lives day and night until the place is closed and sealed by the city, forcing everyone to disperse, in this groundbreaking 1990 documentary, one of the first to delve into the lives of trans women and sex workers |
Analysis |
Gender Studies |
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LGBT |
Notes |
Title from title frames |
Credits |
Editor, Maria Zamakola ; music, Elliott Sharp |
Performer |
Irene Sosa, Joseph Aguirre, Ester Duran, Maria Elena Valengia, Ela Troyano |
Event |
Originally produced in 1990 |
Notes |
English and Spanish dialogue; Spanish dialogue has English subtitles; optional English captions for the deaf and hard of hearing |
Subject |
Transgender women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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Prostitutes -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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Hispanic American gay people -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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Homeless persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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Drug addicts -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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Drug addicts.
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Hispanic American gays.
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Homeless persons.
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Prostitutes.
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Transgender women.
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New York (State) -- New York.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Interviews.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Form |
Streaming video
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Author |
Aikin, Susana, director, producer.
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Aparicio, Carlos, director, producer.
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Starfish Productions, production company.
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Frameline (Firm), film distributor.
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