Plot Summary

"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.

Movie Details

Original Title
Araya
Status
released
Original Language
es

Where to watch free (US)

Kanopy

Production Companies

Films de l'Archer
Caroni Films C.A.