Movie
7.0/10
1959
1h 30m
es
Documentary
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.
Director
Margot Benacerraf
Writers
Pierre Seghers, Margot Benacerraf
Movie Information
Release Date
August 31, 1959
Runtime
1h 30m
Status
Released
Original Language
es
Vote Count
31
Production
Films de l'Archer
Caroni Films C.A.
