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Dorchester

neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts

🇺🇸 United States · 42.3167, -71.0500

Dorchester is named as a filming location in the Wikipedia articles of 3 productions — in the section each entry below links back to. No Wikidata filming statement points here yet, so this page says plainly which kind of evidence it rests on.

“Scenes were filmed inside Dedham District Court, as well as at other locations in Dorchester and Brockton, Massachusetts.”
Detroit (2017) · Wikipedia

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Dorchester
Photo: Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Filmed here, per Wikipedia

Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Dorchester as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, and labelled as what it is — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.

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Frequently asked questions

What was filmed in Dorchester?

3 productions are recorded as filmed in Dorchester, including Spotlight (2015), Black Mass (2015) and Detroit (2017). 3 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.

Which is the best known production filmed in Dorchester?

Spotlight (2015), covered by 63 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.

Where is Dorchester?

Dorchester is in the United States, at 42.3167, -71.0500.

What other filming locations are near Dorchester?

Cambridge, Newton, Boston University, Northeastern University and 2 more, all within about 40 km and listed on this page.

Where does this information come from?

Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by Roman Eugeniusz, CC BY-SA 3.0.