Directed by Margot Benacerraf • Documentary • 1959 • Venezuela, France • Spanish with English subtitles
Featuring José Ignacio Cabrujas

Hailed as a masterpiece of poetic filmmaking, director Margot Benacerraf’s documentary captures the stories of three families and their back-breaking work in the Venezuelan salt mines of Araya, one of the driest places on earth, through breathtaking imagery that underlines the harsh life of this region — all of which vanished with the arrival of industrialization.