Blood Diamond (2006) – Filming Locations
Drama / Thriller / Action · Directed by Edward Zwick · Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly
An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.
Where was Blood Diamond filmed?
- Freetown, Sierra Leone, Freetown – Opening sequences depicting the RUF rebel attack and Danny Archer's capture; city streets and markets. The film opens in Sierra Leone's capital during the civil war, establishing the conflict's brutal reality and the diamond smuggling underworld
- Cape Town, South Africa, Cape Town – Archer meets Maddy Bowen and various scenes of diamond trafficking and negotiations; establishing the post-war diamond industry. The film's primary South African setting where much of the diamond dealing and character development occurs, representing the legitimate face of the blood diamond trade
- Djibouti, Djibouti, Djibouti – Archer and Maddy travel through the port city while pursuing leads on conflict diamonds and rebel movements. Used as a transit point and location for tracking diamond supply routes and showcasing the international diamond trafficking network
- Kimberley, South Africa, Kimberley – Scenes depicting the historical diamond mining industry and the origins of the blood diamond trade. The world's most famous diamond mining city, used to illustrate the historical context and industrial scale of diamond extraction in Africa
- Pretoria, South Africa, Pretoria – Government and international organization meetings; scenes depicting the official diamond trade infrastructure. South Africa's administrative capital used to represent the institutional and governmental aspects of the diamond certification and trading system