Movies that Matter: "The Handmaid's Tale"
Name:
Movies that Matter: "The Handmaid's Tale"
Date:
May 16, 2018
Time:
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM MDT
Website:
http://basaltlibrary.org
Event Description:
The First Episode of the adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Dystopian Motherhood Drama- The Handmaid's Tale. " 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." - Description from our Online Catalogue Can't make it to Movie Night? Borrow it from the library and watch at home!