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  • Araya (1959)
  • Not Rated
    90 min | Documentary
Araya (1959)
Not Rated
90 min | Documentary
"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 ...See more"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. Written by Carlos Javier Gomez de Llarena See less
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Producer
Henry Nadler
Composer
Guy Bernard
Cinematographer
Giuseppe Nisoli
Editor
Pierre Jallaud (as Pierre Jalluad)
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Updated May 13, 1959
Release date
Oct 7, 2009 (United States)
Awards
1 win & 1 nomination

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