A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence
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.
Year 1985
Studio ONF | NFB, Studio D (NFB)
Director Terre Nash
Crew Terre Nash (Director), Bonnie Sherr Klein (Producer), Margaret Pettigrew (Producer), Kathleen Shannon (Executive Producer), Susan Trow (Director of Photography), Janice Brown (Editor)
Popularity 1
Language English
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