![From left to right, Mud film writer and director Shaandiin Tome prepares to edit script while Riley Keeton and Mike Maliwanag conduct camera checks. Background is Mindi Coats, makeup artist. Photo credit: Tayliah Peter](/images/resized/images/news/2016/129_sep22/33_100_100.jpg)
The film crew for “Mud” (Hashtł’ishnii) wrapped up their three-day production Sept. 11.
The film crew shot their production in three separate locations in Gallup. Other scenes were in Lupton, Arizona and in Black Hat, N.M., at a convenience store.
A challenging scene was filmed in a Chevy pickup truck while in motion on U.S. Route 491 and State Highway 264.
“Filming in Gallup and on the Navajo Nation was a great experience for us,” said Shaandiin Tome, writer and director of Mud. “We had the best team I have ever worked with on a production.”
Members of the film crew are from Grand Rapids, Mich., to Los Angeles, Calif. Other members are from Taos, Santa Fé...