Yesterday it was announced that Sarah Polley is adapting Margaret Atwood's novel Alias Grace (yay!), but if you can't wait two years to see the Queen of CanLit hit the big screen, you're in luck. The NFB produced doc, Payback, directed by Jennifer Baichwal (Manufactured Landscapes), is based on Atwood's best-selling book Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth. Like the book, Payback examines the role of indebtedness and how it structures our daily lives. It's playing soon at Sundance and should be out later this year. Here is the trailer:
