

"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.
You can stream Araya on Criterion Channel, Kino Film Collection and Kanopy.
Araya was directed by Margot Benacerraf .
Araya runs for 1h 30min, and was released in 1959.
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