Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

94 mins | Documentary | Nov. 7, 2019

The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian leaders, deal with increasingly intrusive technologies, and discuss climate change. Her books are useful as survival tools for hard times. But few know her private life. Who is the woman behind the stories? How does she always seem to know what is coming?

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power

94 mins | Documentary | Nov. 7, 2019

Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
The views and thoughts of Canadian writer Margaret Atwood have never been more relevant than today. Readers turn to her work for answers as they confront the rise of authoritarian leaders, deal with increasingly intrusive technologies, and discuss climate change. Her books are useful as survival tools for hard times. But few know her private life. Who is the woman behind the stories? How does she always seem to know what is coming?
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Téléfilm Canada, CBC, White Pine Pictures, Documentary Channel, Ontario Creates
Original title Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
Directors Nancy Lang, Peter Raymont
Writers Nancy Lang

Cast

Tatiana Maslany

as Self - Reader (voice)

Margaret Atwood

as Self - Writer

Graeme Gibson

as Self - Writer / Partner

Harold Atwood

as Self - Brother

Ruth Atwood

as Self - Sister

Jess Atwood Gibson

as Self - Daughter

Johnnie Christmas

as Self - Graphic Artist

Adrienne Clarkson

as Self - Politician

Arnulf Conradi

as Self - Book Publisher

Ane Crabtree

as Self - Costume Designer

Louise Dennys

as Self - Book Publisher

Susan Filmoe

as Self - Harvard Roommate

Peter Florence

as Self - Hay Literary Festival Director

Matthew Gibson

as Self - Graeme's Son

Becky Hardie

as Self - UK Editor

Phoebe Larmore

as Self - Literary Agent

Warren Littlefield

as Self - Film Producer

Bruce Miller

as Self - Screenwriter

Elisabeth Moss

as Self - Actress

Lauren Oyler

as Self - Writer

Charles Pachter

as Self - Painter / Friend

Jim Polk

as Self - Writer / Husband (1968-73)

Sarah Polley

as Self - Filmmaker

Rick Salutin

as Self - Writer

Volker Schlöndorff

as Self - Filmmaker

Rosemary Sullivan

as Self - Biographer

Karolina Sutton

as Self - UK Publicist

Susan Swan

as Self - Writer

Charles Foran

as Self - PEN Canada President (voice)

Margaret Dorothy Atwood

as Self - Mother (archive footage)

Carl Edmund Atwood

as Self - Father / Entomologist (archive footage)

Jack McClelland

as Self - Book Publisher (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Nicolae Ceaușescu

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Mike Pence

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Donald Trump

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Melania Trump

as Self (archive footage)