![]() ![]() “The Dovekeepers,” based on Alice Hoffman’s fictional novel about the siege of Masada, stars actress Cote de Pablo (“NCIS”), Rachel Brosnahan ( “House of Cards”) and Kathryn Prescott (“Reign”) as three strong-willed Jewish women carved from hardship, hobbled by their own passions and fighting for survival when Rome’s legendary Tenth Legion descends on ancient Israel.ĭespite some muscular sword-and-sandals work when cultures clash, this tale is really about first century girl power - at least, as much as you can get away with while still tossing around lines like, “God won’t punish you you did as your husband demanded,” as if all a gal’s got to do to avoid perdition is to blame her spouse. The setup reads like cynical Hollywood screenwriting humor: What if you crossed “Touched by an Angel” with “Survivor”?īut those paths do cross in the husband-and-wife team behind CBS’s 4-hour, 2-night miniseries “The Dovekeepers,” executive produced by the star of the former and the creator of the latter and boasting equal doses of spirituality and hardscrabble living. ![]()
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