Also available:.Also available in a video compilation: Images for a Peaceful Planet. Agency - English program:.English Program, Studio D. Study guide available.

Director, Terre Nash ; producer, Bonnie Sherr Klein, Margaret Pettigrew ; executive producer, Kathleen Shannon ; camera, Susan Trow ; sound, Diane Carrière ; editing, Janice Brown ; sound editing, Wojtek Klis.

Recorded 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. The film's scope makes this an excellent discussion starter in diverse subject areas.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).