Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power
3.6
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Documentary
2019
94 min
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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?
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"This #documentary delves into Atwood’s backstory: her childhood spent in the Canadian wilderness, her early days at Harvard, how she & her husband met, & the personal & societal factors that have influenced her writing ✍️ — particularly, her #dystopian #SciFi #novel #TheHandmaidsTale
▪️THEMES in many of her books are: #AuthoritarianPolitics, #survivalism, rapidly evolving #technologies & the slow-motion disaster of #climatechange.
▪️QUOTE: “When I wrote The Handmaid's Tale, nothing went into it that had not happened in real life somewhere at some time.” 😳"
Momma Mia🐦⬛
"Interesting watch for fans of The Handmaid’s Tale"
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Carrie Nygard
"Interesting look at the acclaimed authors life! Her views on her own activism were fascinating "
Isabel Tyan
