Araya (1959)
"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
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José Ignacio Cabrujas as Narrator (Spanish Version) (voice) |
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Laurent Terzieff as Narrator (French Version) (voice) |
| Directing | Margot Benacerraf | Director |
| Production | Henry Nadler | Producer |
| Sound | Guy Bernard | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Giuseppe Nisoli | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Pierre Seghers | Writer |
| Editing | Pierre Jallaud | Editor |
| Writing | Margot Benacerraf | Writer |