The Handmaid's Tale
- Year
- 2018
- Description
- Cast includes Alexis Bledel, Madeline Brewer, Ann Dowd, O-T Fagbenle, Joseph Fiennes, Max Minghella, Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, and Samira Wiley.
Based on the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood, this television series depicts a dystopian future in which women are stripped of their rights under a religion-based autocracy that takes over part of the United States. - Creator
- Miller, Bruce
- Producer
- Atwood, Margaret; Boccia, Joseph; Moss, Elisabeth
- Production Team
- Hulu Originals, MGM Television Entertainment, Daniel Wilson Productions, Littlefield Company, Relentless Productions, White Oak Pictures, and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
- Genre
- Television Series
Drama - Content Notes
- Season 1
Rape - Source
- Based on the novel The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Language
- English
- Media Format
- 3 DVDs (525 min.), 3 Blu-ray discs (525 min.), or 10 streaming videos (525 min.)
- Type
- Color
- Additional Content
- The DVDs and Blu-ray discs include the featurettes "Script to Screen" and "Hope in Gilead."
- Production Notes
- Broadcast on Hulu in 2017.
Earned 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Elisabeth Moss, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for Ann Dowd and a 2018 Peabody Award. - Updated
- 04-12-2022
Production Information
Series InformationReviews
Resources for Gender and Women's Studies: A Feminist Review 39.3–4 (2018): 1–3Video Librarian, July–Aug. 2018, 45