A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence
A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence
Watch A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence Free Online on Hurawatch. 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.
- Genre: Documentary
- Country: Canada
- Director: Terre Nash
- Cast: Margaret Laurence,
