The handmaid's tale, Season one

The Resource The handmaid's tale, Season one
Label
The handmaid's tale, Season one
Title number
Season one
Statement of responsibility
Daniel Wilson Productions, Inc. ; The Littlefield Company ; White Oak Pictures ; MGM Television ; Hulu Originals ; producers, Margaret Atwood, Elisabeth Moss ; created by Bruce Miller
Title variation
  • Handmaid's tale
  • Handmaid's tale
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Creator
Production company
Publisher
Television producer
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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
Awards note
2018 Golden Globe Award for best television series, drama.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Dewey number
791.45/75
Intended audience
TV rating: TV-MA
Language note
In English; Spanish and French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH); closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1992.77
LC item number
.H36 2018
PerformerNote
Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O.T. Fagbenle, Max Minghella, Samira Wiley
Runtime
525
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
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