Araya

Araya (1959)

31/08/1959
Documentary
1h 30m

Overview

"Araya" is an old natural salt mine located in a peninsula in northeastern Venezuela which was still, by 1959, being exploited manually five hundred years after its discovery by the Spanish. In images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.

  • Margot Benacerraf Director, Writer
  • Pierre SeghersWriter
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    Spanish

Keywords

  • woman director

Top Billed Cast

José Ignacio Cabrujas

José Ignacio Cabrujas

Narrator (Spanish Version) (voice)

Laurent Terzieff

Laurent Terzieff

Narrator (French Version) (voice)

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