Filming at Duke: Volker Schlöndorff's 'The Handmaid's Tale' (1990)

Volker Schlöndorff's 1990 cinematic adaptation of Margaret Atwood's 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale was partly filmed at Duke University, in Durham, North Carolina, in 1989. Here are a few snapshots that document the event.  

A hanging scene was filmed on the other side of this barrier. 

The Commander's convoy, ready to roll. I was working at Perkins Library at the time, in the Public Documents & Maps Department, specializing in state and international documents.