The Salt of the Earth Filming Locations

The Salt of the Earth filming locations

Where was The Salt of the Earth filmed? The Salt of the Earth was filmed in 8 locations across Indonesia, Brazil and Russia in the following places:

The Salt of the Earth Filming Locations

Yalimo Regency is one of the regencies in the Indonesian province of Highland Papua. It covers an area of 4,320.29 km³, and had a population at the 2010 Census of 50,763 which doubled to reach 101,973 at the 2020 Census; the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 106,740. The administrative centre is at Elelim.

Aimorés is a municipality founded on 18 September 1925 in the countryside of Minas Gerais in the Rio Doce Valley, 440 km east to the state capital, Belo Horizonte. It has 1 348.913 km² of area, with 8.2 km² being in the urban perimeter. Its population is 25,141 as of 2020.

Pará, a northern Brazilian state, is the site of Amazonia National Park. Protecting a vast swath of the dense, lush Amazon Rainforest, the park is home to thousands of wildlife species. Much of it floods annually, making remote areas accessible by boat. Near the mouth of the Amazon River is Belém, Pará's capital. It’s known for its colonial architecture and waterside market Ver-o-Peso.

Vitória is the capital city of Espírito Santo state in southeast Brazil. It's known for sandy beaches like Camburi and Curva da Jurema. The city center features the 20th-century Metropolitan Cathedral, with stained-glass windows. Nearby, the decaying Santa Luzia Chapel dates back to the 16th century. By the Santa Maria River is the grand Anchieta Palace, home to the state government.

Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest and easternmost country in South America and Latin America. Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo.

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the largest country in the world by area, extending across eleven time zones and sharing land borders with fourteen countries. It is the world's ninth-most populous country and Europe's most populous country.

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guinea.

The Salt of the Earth (2014)
Runtime: 110 minutes
Rating: 8.4
Release year: 2014
IMDB: tt3674140
Plot summary

The life and work of photographer Sebastião Salgado, who has spent forty years documenting societies in hidden corners of the world.

Genres
Documentary
Biography
History
Cast
Sebastião Salgado
Wim Wenders
Lélia Wanick Salgado
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
Directors
Juliano Ribeiro Salgado
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The Salt of the Earth filming locations