240: When Movie Making Goes Horribly Wrong: The Tragic Death Of Halyna Hutchins & The Rust Shooting Incident

During the afternoon of October 21st, 2021, the script supervisor for the upcoming western film “Rust” frantically called 911. She told the operator that two people had accidentally been shot on a movie set south of Santa Fe, New Mexico. The accident occurred after lead actor Alec Baldwin discharged a gun he believed to be filled with inert dummy rounds. In this episode, we take a look at this frustrating and entirely preventable incident that injured director Joel Souza and took the life of talented cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.