Where to watch Araya in the United States?

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Watch the movie with a subscription on Kino Film Collection (HD) and The Criterion Channel (HD).

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Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).

Movie

Where to Watch Araya (1959) in the US

1959
Not Rated
1h 30m
7.6IMDb
89%Rotten Tomatoes
73Metascore

Documentary

Araya is available with a subscription or free with a participating library card in the United States.

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Watch the movie with a subscription on Kino Film Collection (HD) and The Criterion Channel (HD).
Watch the movie free with a participating library card on Kanopy (HD).

What it's about

"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. Margot Benacerraf captures in images, the life of the "salineros" and their archaic methods of work before their definite disappearance with the arrival of the industrial exploitation.

Cast and crew

Director: Margot Benacerraf
Writer: Margot Benacerraf, Pierre Seghers
Starring: José Ignacio Cabrujas, Laurent Terzieff

Details

Language: Spanish
Country: Venezuela, France
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination