This screening includes Stories We Tell
- Date and time:
- Mon, Sept 30, 2019, From 7–8:48 pm
- Runtime:
- 1 hr 48 min
- Cost:
- $4
Series: Running the Screen: Directed by Women, The Rashōmon Effect, Themester
About Stories We Tell
- Rating:
- Year Released:
- 2012
- Format:
- 2K DCP
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Metadata:
In this inspired, genre-twisting film, Oscar-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who’s telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of the family mythology, present-day recollections shift into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Stories We Tell explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, but at its core is a deeply personal film about how our narratives shape and define us as individuals and families, all interconnecting to paint a profound, funny, and poignant picture of the larger human story. Contains mature content.