The Red Tent
Her name is Dinah. In the Bible her life is only hinted at during a brief and violent detour within the more familiar chapters about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons in the Book of Genesis. Told through Dinah’s eloquent voice, this sweeping miniseries reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. Dinah’s tale begins with the story of her mothers: Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, the four wives of Jacob. They love Dinah and give her gifts that are to sustain her through a hard-working youth, a calling to midwifery, and a new home in a foreign land. Dinah tells us of the world of the red tent, the place where women were sequestered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and illness; of her initiations into the religious and sexual practices of her tribe; of Jacob’s courtship with his four wives; of the mystery and wonder of caravans, farmers, shepherds, and slaves; of love and death in the city of Shechem; of her half-brother Joseph’s rise in Egypt, and of course her marriage to Shechem and it’s bloody consequences.
Views: 2497
Genre: Action & Adventure, Drama
Studio: Kasbah Films, Shopgirl Productions, Sony Pictures Television Studios
Creators: Elizabeth Chandler, Roger Young
Awards: 3 nominations
TV Status: Ended
Duration:
1h 30minRelease: 2014
IMDb: 7.2
TMDb: 7.0
Rotten Tomatoes: 77%
Metacritic: 57
FilmAffinity: 5.6
Country: United States of America
Networks: Lifetime
Starring: Darwin Shaw, Debra Winger, Hiam Abbass, Iain Glen, Minnie Driver, Morena Baccarin, Rebecca Ferguson, Saif Al-Warith, Toby Sebastian, Will Tudor