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Salt of The Earth
The story of Chicken Salt; and the man who created the Australian Icon.
A documentary from Film Focus Productions
Salt of the Earth tells the story of Peter Brinkworth, the South Australian man who invented Chicken Salt.
While Chicken Salt is now a ubiquitous household item, back in the early 1970’s when Peter and his wife Helen moved to the small rural town of Gawler, this wasn’t the case. Peter ran a wholesale business and hot chicken and chips shop out of the local theatre, the Ozone. To try and make his hot chicken skin even tastier, he created a special salt. Soon enough, his shop front customers were putting it on everything – chips, pies, fish, chico rolls and dim sums. More importantly, the fish and chip stores in the region (which was heavily populated by British expats at the time) started requesting Chicken Salt from Peter’s wholesale business.
By the late 1970’s, Chicken Salt was booming in the region as an add-on to Peter’s business, but a personal tragedy with his daughter required him to sell the business to the Mitani Family in 1979. Recognising the unique nature of the salt, the Mitani Group commercialised the product and has been selling it around the world ever since.
We shot the documentary in May of 2021, and completed post production in May of 2022.
The film is currently undertaking a run on the festival circuit, with its world premiere in Adelaide at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2022. It has also been awarded an honorable mention in the Reale Film Festival in Milan, with screenings there in November.
Adventure.
We also love producing films and shooting photos in our day-to-day lives; whether it’s from travelling the globe, or walking to work. Below is a bit of a melting pot of some of our favourite shots from our travels.
