Film
A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence
1985 · 10m · Documentary
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Overview
In this short film, internationally acclaimed author Margaret Laurence passionately addresses several issues related to peace: the social responsibility of the writer; language usage and reality; jargon and "newspeak"; imagination, meaning and understanding; the nuclear threat; world leadership; the role of empathy in communication; the distinctions between fiction and didactic writing; and the power of "ordinary" people to influence events.
Cast
Crew
- Terre NashDirector
- Bonnie Sherr KleinProducer
- Margaret PettigrewProducer
- Kathleen ShannonExecutive Producer
- Susan TrowDirector of Photography
- Janice BrownEditor
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1985
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 10m
- Genres
- Documentary
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