Araya
"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.
Documentary
7.0
31 reviewsRuntime: 90 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1959-08-31
Director(s): Margot Benacerraf
Production: Films de l'Archer, Caroni Films C.A.
Languages: Spanish
IMDB: tt0051372
Criterion Channel
Kino Film Collection
