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The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Description: Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Atwood, this series is set in Gilead, a totalitarian society in what used to be part of the United States. Gilead is ruled by a fundamentalist regime that treats women as property of the state, and is faced with environmental disasters and a plummeting birth rate. In a desperate attempt to repopulate a devastated world, the few remaining fertile women are forced into sexual servitude. One of these women, Offred, is determined to survive the terrifying world she lives in, and find the daughter that was taken from her.
Genre: Music, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Year Released: 2017
Number of seasons: 4
Number of episodes: 47
First episode air date: April 26, 2017
Awards: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, MORE
Network: Hulu
Writers: Bruce Miller, Yahlin Chang, Kira Snyder, Nina Fiore, MORE
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