The handmaid's tale. Season one

Author

Bruce Miller

Call Number

• DVD TV SERIES (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

Languages

In English, with optional Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, closed-captioned.

Performers

Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley, Amanda Brugel.

Publication Information

Bevely Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2018]

Physical Description

3 videodiscs (approximately 525 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

TV-MA.

Summary

Based on Margaret Atwood's award-winning, best-selling novel, The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized "return to traditional values." As one of the few remaining fertile women, Offred is a Handmaid in the Commander's household, belonging to the caste of women forced into sexual servitude as a last desperate attempt to repopulate the world. In this terrifying society, Offred must navigate between Commanders, their cruel Wives, domestic Marthas, and her fellow Handmaids--where anyone could be a spy for Gilead--with one goal: to survive and find the daughter who was taken from her.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on the novel by Margaret Atwood.

Originally released for streaming on Hulu in 2017.

Special features: Script to screen ; Hope in Gilead.

Contents

• Disc 1: Offred ; Birth day ; Late ; Nolite te bastardes carborundorum
• Disc 2: Faithful ; Woman's place ; Other side ; Jezebels
• Disc 3: Bridge ; Night.