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.
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Minnie Driver
Leah · 2 eps
Rebecca Ferguson
Dinah · 2 eps
Morena Baccarin
Rachel · 2 eps
Iain Glen
Jacob · 2 eps
Debra Winger
Rebecca · 2 eps
Darwin Shaw
Benia · 2 eps
Toby Sebastian
Re-mose · 2 eps
Will Tudor
Joseph · 2 eps
Hiam Abbass
Queen Re-Nefer · 2 eps
Saif Al-Warith
Simon · 2 eps
Vinette Robinson
Bilhah · 2 eps
Stewart Scudamore
King Hamor · 2 eps
Jan Uddin
Pharaoh · 2 eps
Pedro Lloyd Gardiner
Levi · 2 eps
Aouatefe Lahmani
The pregnant Woman · 2 eps
Sean Teale
Shalem / Young Ramesses · 2 eps
Tika Peucelle
Asnaat · 1 ep
