The Red Tent
Her name is Dinah. Her life is only hinted in the Book of Genesis during a short and violent detour within the more familiar chapters about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons. Told through Dinah's eloquent voice, this miniseries reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. Dinah's narrative 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 hardworking youth, a calling to midwifery, and also a home in a foreign territory. We are told by dinah of the tent, the place where women were sequestered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and illness' entire world. Of her initiations to the techniques of her tribe. Of Jacob's courtship with his four sisters. Wonder and of the mystery of caravans, farmers, shepherds, and slaves. Death and of love within the town of Shechem. Joseph's rise in Egypt, not to mention her union to Shechem also it has bloody consequences.
Released: 2014-12-07