The Red Tent backdrop
The Red Tent poster
Trailer
The Red Tent
6.8
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30m
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2014
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Ended
Overview
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.

Cast
Minnie Driver poster
Minnie Driver
Leah
Rebecca Ferguson poster
Rebecca Ferguson
Dinah
Morena Baccarin poster
Morena Baccarin
Rachel
Iain Glen poster
Iain Glen
Jacob
Debra Winger poster
Debra Winger
Rebecca
Darwin Shaw poster
Darwin Shaw
Benia
Toby Sebastian poster
Toby Sebastian
Re-mose
Will Tudor poster
Will Tudor
Joseph
Hiam Abbass poster
Hiam Abbass
Queen Re-Nefer
Saif Al-Warith poster
Saif Al-Warith
Simon
Sean Teale poster
Sean Teale
Young Ramesses
Vinette Robinson poster
Vinette Robinson
Bilhah
Stewart Scudamore poster
Stewart Scudamore
King Hamor
Jan Uddin poster
Jan Uddin
Pharaoh
Pedro Lloyd Gardiner poster
Pedro Lloyd Gardiner
Levi

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