Margaret Laurence

Most Popular Margaret Laurence Trailers

Total trailers found: 6

The Stone Angel Trailer (2007)

12 September 2007

The feisty aging Hagar Shipley has lived an unconventional life. Her rebellious heart has always ruled and her choices have put her at odds with family and friends.

Rachel, Rachel Trailer (1968)

26 August 1968

Rachel is a 35-year-old school teacher who has no man in her life and lives with her mother. When a man from the big city returns and asks her out, she begins to have to make decisions about her life and where she wants it to go.

Margaret Laurence, First Lady of Manawaka Trailer (1978)

01 January 1978

This feature documentary is a portrait of one of Canada's most celebrated authors, Margaret Laurence.

To Set Our House in Order Trailer (1985)

23 May 1985

In coming to grips with previously well-concealed information about the death of her uncle in World War I, and the emotional upheaval it continues to cause her family, a young girl begins to question the benevolence of God and the order in God's world.

The Diviners Trailer (1993)

03 January 1993

Morag Gunn, a writer who is having trouble with her teenage daughter, examines her own relationship history, which includes a period of turbulence with Jules.

A Writer in the Nuclear Age: A Conversation with Margaret Laurence Trailer (1985)

01 January 1985

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.