Araya (1959)
Not Rated Documentary • 1h 30m
"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.
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Language:
Spanish
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination
Country:
Venezuela, France
Metacritic Score:
73
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