| Description |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, widescreen; mono. |
| Note |
Spanish or French dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Credits |
Camera, Giuseppi Nisoli ; with a commentary written by Pierre Seghers and Margot Benacerraf ; narrrated by Jose Ignacio Cabrujas ; with original music by Guy Bernard ; edited by Pierre Jallaud. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 1959. |
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Restoration by Scott MacQueen and Dennis Doros with Fotokem, Modern Videofilm and Audio Mechanics ; DVD produced by Adrian Rothschild. |
| Summary |
Explored is a day in the lives of three families living in Araya, an arid peninsula in Venezuela. For centuries since its discovery by the Spanish, the region's salt was collected and stacked into radiant white pyramids. Captured are the breathtaking and unforgettable images from the salineros toiling to build the mountains of salt, a fisherman hauling in huge teeming nets, and a young girl and her grandmother laying 'flowers' of shells on windswept graves. |
| Awards |
Critics Prize Cannes International Film Festival, 1959. |
| Note |
Special features: The film of her life ; Reveron ; Margot Benacerraf: más allá de Araya ; Araya trailer. |
| Subject |
Araya (Venezuela) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.
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Araya (Venezuela) -- Economic conditions.
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Salt mines and mining -- Venezuela -- Araya.
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Venezuela -- Vida social y costumbres -- Siglo XX. |
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Venezuela -- Condiciones económicas. |
| Genre |
Documentary films.
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| Subject |
Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Benacerraf, Margot. Director.
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Nadler, Henry.
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Seghers, Pierre.
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Cabrujas, José Ignacio.
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Terzieff, Laurent.
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Nisoli, Giuseppi.
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Jallaud, Pierre.
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Bernard, Guy, 1907-1979.
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Milestone Film & Video.
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Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9781933920221 : $29.99 |
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193392022X |
| Standard No. |
784148011448 |
| Music # |
MILE00114 Milestone Film & Video |
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