The Handmaid's Tale and the 'Dystopian Film' Space

Rebekah Brammer looks at Volker Schlondorff's 1990 film as an example of dystopian cinema, and examines its interaction with environment, society, politics, religion and gender. Additional keywords: film as text, senior secondary, Margaret Atwood, adaptation, dystopia, American dream, futuristic, misogyny, narrative