Araya (1959)
- Directed by
- Margot Benacerraf
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Venezuela
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 33 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This documentary shows the daily lives of people working in the salt mines and fishing villages of the Araya peninsula in Venezuela. It follows the repetitive, harsh labor of salt extraction and the routines of the local community.
observationalmeditativeslow-pacedearthycontemplativeatmosphericsparelyrical
What happens
Araya is a 1959 Venezuelan feature film directed by Margot Benacerraf and co-written by Benacerraf and Pierre Seghers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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