Araya (1959) (Ages 15+) (FREE ENTRY)
Sunday, February 22, 2026
From 1:20 pm
Queensland Art Galley / Gallery of Modern Art
Presented by Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art
Event Details
‘A work of such overwhelming grandeur that Jean Renoir told director Margot Benacerraf after viewing the film, “Above all . . . don’t cut a single image,” this poetic documentary-narrative hybrid is a landmark of both neorealist and feminist South American cinema. For five hundred years, the Araya peninsula in northeastern Venezuela has been mined for its salt. Through images of breathtaking beauty, Benacerraf captures the everyday lives of three families and their back-breaking work in the salt marshes, exquisitely preserving an embattled but tenacious way of life.’ Criterion
Event Info
- Date: Sunday, February 22, 2026
- Time: From 1:20 pm
- Venue: Queensland Art Galley / Gallery of Modern Art