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A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence (1985)
Directed by Terre Nash
Documentary · 10m
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
- Director
- Terre Nash
- Director of Photography
- Susan Trow
- Editor
- Janice Brown
- Producer
- Bonnie Sherr Klein, Margaret Pettigrew
Details
- Release date
- 1985-01-01
- Runtime
- 10m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB, Studio D (NFB)