Black Gold Filming Locations

Black Gold filming locations

Where was Black Gold filmed? Black Gold was filmed in 4 locations across Tunisia and Qatar in the following places:

Black Gold Filming Locations

Madinat ash Shamal is the capital city of the municipality of Al Shamal in Qatar. Located more than 100 kilometres north of Qatar's capital Doha, the city was founded in the 1970s, shortly after the country gained independence.

Matmata is a small Berber speaking town in southern Tunisia. Some of the local Berber residents live in traditional underground "troglodyte" structures. In 2004 it had a population of 2,116. The structures typical for the village are created by digging a large pit in the ground.

Mesaieed is an industrial city in Al Wakrah Municipality located 36 kilometres south of the Qatari capital Doha. It was one of the most important cities in Qatar during the 20th century, having gained recognition as a prime industrial zone and tanking center for petroleum received from Dukhan.

Black Gold (2011)
Alternate title: Day of the Falcon
Runtime: 130 minutes
Rating: 6.6
Release year: 2011
IMDB: tt1701210
Plot summary

Set in the 1930s Arab states at the dawn of the oil boom, the story centers on a young Arab prince torn between allegiance to his conservative father and his modern, liberal father-in-law.

Genres
Action
Drama
History
Cast
Tahar Rahim
Antonio Banderas
Mark Strong
Freida Pinto
Directors
Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Black Gold filming locations