The Search for Michael Rockefeller Filming Locations
Where was The Search for Michael Rockefeller filmed? The Search for Michael Rockefeller was filmed in 3 locations across Papua New Guinea, Indonesia and United States in the following places:
The Search for Michael Rockefeller Filming Locations
Papua New Guinea, in the southwestern Pacific, encompasses the eastern half of New Guinea and its offshore islands. A country of immense cultural and biological diversity, it’s known for its beaches and coral reefs. Inland are active volcanoes, granite Mt. Wilhelm, dense rainforest and hiking routes like the Kokoda Trail. There are also traditional tribal villages, many with their own languages.
West Papua is a province in the far east of Indonesia, centered on the island of New Guinea. The province includes New Guinea’s 2 westernmost peninsulas and the smaller islands around them. On the tip of the Bird’s Head Peninsula, the city of Sorong is the gateway to the Raja Ampat archipelago's jungle-covered islands and snorkeling and dive sites.
The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.
The Search for Michael Rockefeller (2011)
Documentary about the 1961 disappearance of Michael Rockefeller, the young scion of the Rockefeller family, in the waters of Papua New Guinea and the 1969 attempt of journalist Milt Machlin to locate him in case he might still be alive.