This feature doc profiles acclaimed writer Alistair MacLeod. Hailed internationally as a master of the short story, MacLeod also wrote a novel, No Great Mischief, which was celebrated around the world. Depicting men and women living out their lives against the haunting landscape that surrounds them, most of MacLeod's work is firmly based in Cape Breton even if his characters stray elsewhere. Focusing on the complexities and abiding mysteries at the heart of human relationships, MacLeod maps the close bonds and impassable chasms that lie between people and invokes memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations. This film portrait explores the life and work of this giant of literature.

Alistair MacLeod

Self

Margaret Atwood

Self

Russell Banks

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David Adams Richards

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Christopher Donison

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Wayne Johnston

Self

• William D. MacGillivrayDirector · Writer
• Terry GreenlawProducer
• Kent MartinProducer
• Robert SherrinExecutive Producer
• Kent NasonDirector of Photography
• Christopher DonisonOriginal Music Composer
• Christopher CooperEditor

William D. MacGillivray, Reading Alistair MacLeod, 2005

Release date

January 1, 2005

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

G

Genres

Documentary

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