Reading Alistair MacLeod

Reading Alistair MacLeod

2005 en 88 minutes

Rating: 7.75

Plot

This feature doc profiles acclaimed writer Alistair MacLeod. Hailed internationally as a master of the short story, MacLeod also wrote a novel, No Great Mischief, which was celebrated around the world. Depicting men and women living out their lives against the haunting landscape that surrounds them, most of MacLeod's work is firmly based in Cape Breton even if his characters stray elsewhere. Focusing on the complexities and abiding mysteries at the heart of human relationships, MacLeod maps the close bonds and impassable chasms that lie between people and invokes memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations. This film portrait explores the life and work of this giant of literature.

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Cast

Alistair MacLeod

Alistair MacLeod

Self

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

Self

Russell Banks

Russell Banks

Self

David Adams Richards

David Adams Richards

Self

Christopher Donison

Christopher Donison

Self

Wayne Johnston

Wayne Johnston

Self

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