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. Margot Benacerraf captures in images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Released
- 1959
Details
Release year: 1959
Storyline
"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. Margot Benacerraf captures in images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.
Top credits
- JosĂ© Ignacio Cabrujas â Narrator (spanish version)
- Laurent Terzieff â Narrator (french version)