Hulu has revealed a new documentary film on the late Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, titled Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna.
Hutchins was killed on Oct. 21, 2021, in a shooting on the set of Rust, when a prop gun held by Alec Baldwin discharged.
The documentary, directed and produced by Rachel Mason (Circus of Books, An Update on Our Family), will take viewers “beyond the public narrative to reveal the untold human story of that terrible day and all that followed — from the vantage point of the people at the center of the tragedy. The film weaves together the accounts of those who were on the set of Rust that day and of those, like Mason, who not only lost a cherished friend and colleague but who are still navigating the trauma of the aftermath,” per a press release.
The film will also include behind-the-scenes material from the set of Rust, public court records and Hutchins’ personal archives.
“Halyna was dear to me for many reasons,” Mason wrote in a statement. “Not only was she a friend, she was a collaborator. While she was alive, I could never have imagined making a film about her. My hope was to make films with her, and to support her in all the many films that she was sure to make.”
She continued, “In the media frenzy which followed her death, it felt as if Halyna was erased, her loss eclipsed by the surrounding controversies. Our film aims to keep her at the center, while offering a portrait of the experience of those with whom she spent her final 12 days, which hopefully, through their efforts, offers the world a very much unfinished portrait of Halyna.”
The doc is produced by Julee Metz, Kate Barry, Jon Bardin and Will Cohen for Story Syndicate, and Jessica Grimshaw, Nick Shumaker and Jennifer Sears for Anonymous Content. Exec producers include Story Syndicate’s Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus and Tommy Coriale; Concordia Studio’s Lizzie Fox and Casey Meurer; Anonymous Content’s David Levine; and Matthew Hutchins. Mason produced and directed in association with FutureClown Productions.
The project is one of two documentaries set around Hutchins. Rory Kennedy, director of the Oscar-nominated 2014 film Last Days in Vietnam and 2007’s Emmy-winning Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, is also working on a film about Baldwin with Baldwin’s participation in the tragedy, as The Hollywood Reporter reported.
Following the death of Hutchins, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer who loaded the live round into the gun, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for involuntary manslaughter. As for Baldwin, a judge ended the criminal case against the actor when she dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges, finding that the prosecution “intentionally and deliberately withheld” key evidence from the defense.
Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna is slated to premiere on March 11 on Hulu.
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