Videoconference with Margaret Atwood following the screening of the film “Payback”


May 18, Friday, 7 p.m., Dolnośląskie Centrum Filmowe
Videoconference with Margaret Atwood following the screening of the film “Payback”


Language of the meeting: English

Moderators: Anna Theiss – journalist
Katarzyna Kazimierowska – the editor of Zwierciadlo.pl portal
Margaret (Eleanor “Peggy”) Atwood – world-renowned Canadian novelist, poet, literary critic, social and environmental activist, recipient of the 2000 Booker Award and the 2008 Prince of Asturias Award, considered to be one of the main contenders for the literary Nobel Prize. Atwood’s collection of essays “Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth” served as inspiration for Jennifer Baichwal’s film “Payback” screened during the festival, with Atwood beeing also one of its protagonists.
Shot from the movie "Payback" by Jennifer Baichwal