Araya /

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...

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Corporate Authors: Milestone Film & Video, Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)
Other Authors: Benacerraf, Margot, 1926-, Nadler, Henry, Seghers, Pierre, Cabrujas, José Ignacio, Terzieff, Laurent, Nisoli, Giuseppi, Jallaud, Pierre, Bernard, Guy, 1907-1979
Format: Video DVD
Language:Spanish
French
Language Notes:Spanish or French dialogue; English subtitles.
Published: [United States] : Milestone Film & Video : [2011]
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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.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1959.
Restoration by Scott MacQueen and Dennis Doros with Fotokem, Modern Videofilm and Audio Mechanics ; DVD produced by Adrian Rothschild.
Special features: The film of her life ; Reveron ; Margot Benacerraf: más allá de Araya ; Araya trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, widescreen; mono.
Awards:Critics Prize Cannes International Film Festival, 1959.
Production 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.
ISBN:9781933920221
193392022X