Araya 1959

Synopsis:

"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.

Directed by: Margot Benacerraf
Written by: Margot Benacerraf & Pierre Seghers
Runtime: 90 minutes
Cast:
José Ignacio Cabrujas
José Ignacio Cabrujas
Narrator (Spanish Version) (voice) 
Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff
Narrator (French Version) (voice)