ONCE IN AUGUST
Click to watch "Once in August", an excellent one-hour documentary about Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, made in 1984 by Michael Rubbo and shot at the Atwood family summer house surrounded by lakes and woods. Canoes, cabins, campfires, and the attempt to unravel Atwood's motivations as an artist abound in a perfect, dusk-lit, late summer mood piece. From the National Film Board of Canada's incredible website.