The Red Tent
Her name is Dinah. During a short and violent detour within the more familiar chapters about her father, Jacob, and his dozen sons her life is only hinted in the Bible at the Book of Genesis. Told through the eloquent voice of Dinah, this sweeping mini series reveals the traditions and turmoil of ancient womanhood. Dinah's tale begins with the narrative of her mothers: Leah, Rachel, Zilpah, and Bilhah, Jacob's four wives. They love Dinah and give her gifts that are to sustain her by a hardworking youth, a calling to midwifery, and also a new house in a foreign territory. Dinah tells us of this entire world of the red tent, the place. Of her initiations to her tribe's sexual and religious techniques. Of Jacob's courtship with his four wives. Miracle and of the mystery of caravans, farmers, shepherds, and even slaves. Death and of love inside the city of Shechem. Of her half brother Joseph's rise in Egypt, and her marriage to Shechem also it has bloody consequences.
Released: 2014-12-07