The Salt Mines
Oct 01, 1990 | IMDB 6
47 min Watch NowDocumentary
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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Women of Vision
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Matthew Perry: Not just Friends
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Kim Dotcom: Caught in the Web
Meth Storm
Pornocracy: The New Sex Multinationals
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin
Los posibles
You've Got Beautiful Stairs, You Know...
The Journey
The Occupation of the American Mind
Behind the Looking Glass
Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
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IMDB 7.5 | Sep , 1996
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IMDB 7 | Dec , 1933
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IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 1998
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Aug , 2023
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IMDB 1 | Aug , 1998
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IMDB 7.2 | Dec , 2008
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IMDB 2 | May , 2023
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IMDB 5.6 | Nov , 2017
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IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 6.3 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 6.6 | Mar , 2017
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IMDB 7 | Apr , 2013
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IMDB 5.9 | Aug , 1986
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IMDB 3.8 | Feb , 1987
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IMDB 8.3 | Jan , 2016
Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world—except the United States. This documentary takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S.Behind the Looking Glass
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2024
Behind The Looking Glass is a film about the lives of women whose partners have or want to ‘transition’. While we hear a great deal of “stunning and brave” stories of men, there is a deadly silence when it comes to the stories of the wives or partners. This film will be the first of its kind in collecting such experiences of women from around the world.Olympia: Part One – Festival of the Nations
IMDB 6.9 | Apr , 1938
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