Monday, April 14, 2014

Stories We Tell (2013)

Director: Sarah Polley
Run Time: 108 min.
Call Number: HQ503 .S76 2013

"Who owns a family’s stories? Do we shape our lore—the anecdotes of how our parents met, the tales of sibling betrayals and truces—as a clan, or do we agree on the outlines while parting ways on the particulars? Is it possible to be anything but subjective when it comes to the legends in our own homes? This is the endlessly complicated subject of Sarah Polley’s 'Stories We Tell,' a documentary inquiry into her past that ingeniously widens in scope until director and audience stand at the edge of the abyss."
—Ty Burr, Boston Globe