The handmaid's tale. Season one /

A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a...

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Main Author:	Miller, Bruce (Television producer and writer) (Creator, Screenwriter)
Other Authors:	Moss, Elisabeth, 1982- (Actor), Gerstein, Leila (Screenwriter), Fortenberry, Dorothy (Screenwriter), Straker, Wendy (Screenwriter), Maxcy, Lynn Renee (Screenwriter), Snyder, Kira (Screenwriter), Tuchman, Eric (Screenwriter), Strahovski, Yvonne, 1982- (Actor), Fiennes, Joseph, 1970- (Actor), Bledel, Alexis, 1981- (Actor), Brewer, Madeline, 1992- (Actor), Dowd, Ann (Actor), Fagbenle, O-T, 1980- (Actor), Minghella, Max, 1985- (Actor), Wiley, Samira (Actor), Taylor, Adam (Composer) (composer (expression)), Crabtree, Ane (Costume designer), Watkinson, Colin (director of photography.), Atwood, Margaret, 1939-
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English; optional Spanish and French subtitles; optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); closed-captioned.
Published:	Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2018]
Subjects:	Theocracy > Drama. Misogyny > Drama. Pregnancy > Social aspects > Drama. Man-woman relationships > Drama. Infertility > Drama. Dystopian plays. Man-woman relationships. Misogyny. Pregnancy > Social aspects. Theocracy. Dystopian television programs. Television adaptations. Science fiction television programs. Television series. Fiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Drama. Television programs.

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Summary:	A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred. This is her story.
Item Description:	Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood. Originally made available for online streaming by Hulu in 2017. Special features: Script to screen : the salvaging ; Hope in Gilead.
Physical Description:	3 videodiscs (approximately 525 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD, NTSC region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Audience:	TV rating: TV-MA.
Awards:	2018 Golden Globe Award for best television series, drama.
Production Credits:	Music by Adam Taylor ; Cinematography by Colin Watkinson ; Costume design by Ane Crabtree.
ISBN:	9786317122536 6317122539