Canadian Novelist ‘Margaret Atwood: Once in August’

Margaret Atwood: Once in August , Michael Rubbo, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

In “Margaret Atwood: Once in August,” filmmaker Michael Rubbo attempts to discover what shapes the celebrated writer’s fiction and what motivates her characters. As one of Canada’s most distinguished poets and novelists, Atwood is also one of this country’s most elusive literary figures.