Rock the Boat
โ 3.3 ยท 1999 ยท 89m ยท Documentary
A crew of HIV+ sailors compete in the Trans-Pacific Yacht Race that travels from California to Hawaii.
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Yearning for Sodom
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Living with AIDS
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The Salt Mines
1990 ยท โ 7
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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1996 ยท โ 9
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Life of Crime 2
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This follow-up to the 1989 documentary ONE YEAR IN A LIFE OF CRIME revisits three of the original subjects in New Jersey during a five-year period in the 1990s. We share in their triumphs and setbacks as they navigate lives of poverty, drug abuse, AIDS, and petty crime.
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