The Red Tent (miniseries)
| The Red Tent | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Docudrama Historical Drama |
| Based on | The Red Tent novel by Anita Diamant |
| Screenplay by | Anne Meredith & Elizabeth Chandler (teleplay) |
| Story by | Anita Diamant |
| Directed by | Roger Young |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | Vitek Kral |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 2 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Nancy Bennett (exc prod.) Paula Weinstein (exc prod.) Peter McAleese Karim Debbagh |
| Cinematography | Michael Snyman |
| Editor(s) | Arthur Tarnowski |
| Running time | 176 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Sony Pictures Television Kasbah-Film Tanger Spring Creek Productions |
| Distributor | Lifetime Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Lifetime |
| Original release | December 7, 2014 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The Red Tent is a two-part, two-hours each, American television miniseries produced by Paula Weinstein and directed by Roger Young. The first episode premiered on Lifetime on December 7, 2014; the second episode aired on December 8, 2014. The series is based on the best-selling The Red Tent novel by Anita Diamant.
It is the time of the Old Testament patriarchs of the Book of Genesis. Dinah, the daughter of Leah and Jacob, chronicles her story, from her youth through adulthood. She narrates her relationship with her parents, aunts, and eleven older brothers. She often focuses on the significance of The Red Tent, occupied by the women of her tribe (including Jacob's other three wives Rachel, Bilhah and Zilpah) during their time of menstruation. The women have kept alive their old traditions of goddess-worship unbeknownst to their Israelite husbands, managing to keep this secret since men are typically not allowed in the Red Tent.
In the backstory, Jacob arrived at his uncle Laban's settlement to escape from his older brother and fell in love with Rachel at first sight. She reciprocated his feelings, although Leah secretly fell in love with him as well. Jacob later requested the right to marry Rachel in return for his service to Laban, only to discover that Rachel had switched places with Leah, fearing the consummation of marriage. Despite this, Jacob and Leah share a passionate bridal night. The next morning, Jacob still demanded the right to marry Rachel, along with Bilhah and Zilpah as compensation for the trick after informing Laban, although he was only pretending to be upset. Over the next several years, Leah, Bilhah, Zilpah give birth to several sons while Rachel remained childless until she finally gave birth to a son, Joseph, who becomes Jacob's favorite son. Soon after, Dinah is born and is doted on by her family. The tension between Jacob and Laban reaches its climax following the suicide of Laban's abused wife. Jacob takes his wives, children, and livestock, and departs to establish a new settlement. During which, they encounter his estranged older brother, Esau, and Dinah and the rest of the family meet her grandmother, Rebekah. However, Dinah finds her grandmother testy and ruthless towards lower-class civilians.
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