Nearly a decade after it began production, the television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has reached its conclusion with a sixth season that is—true to form—morally murky and bubbling over with righteous anger.
Camera Operator had the opportunity to talk with camera operators Brett Hurd, SOC, and Sarah Mulholland, SOC, about seeing this series, which has been so impactful and influential, through to its final moments—. from honoring and evolving the series’ cinematic language to shooting slow burn tension as well as the moments where that tension gives way to explosive action.
As Season 6 opens, revolutionary and former Handmaid June Osborne finds herself escaping Gilead with an unlikely companion—her former tormentor, Serena Joy Waterford. After a riot breaks out on the train and the two of them are separated, June joins up with the growing revolutionary movement in Alaska to plan for a final attack against Gilead’s leadership. Meanwhile, Serena finds herself recruited to be the public face of New Bethlehem, Gilead’s supposedly liberalized new settlement, aimed to diffuse international outcry against Gilead’s history of abuses. The Handmaid’s Tale is created by Bruce Miller and stars Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Madeline Brewer, Amanda Brugel, Ever Carradine, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Sam Jaeger, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley, and Bradley Whitford.
Watch the conversation here on SOC.org
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