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STORIES WE TELL

  • Maysles 343 Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY, 10027 United States (map)

IN CINEMA 

STORIES WE TELL
Tickets: $15 General Admission / $7 Reduced Price 
Friday, May 10 at 7PM

Sarah Polley, 2012, 109 min.

In this inspired, genre-twisting new 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. Polley unravels the paradoxes to reveal the essence of family: always complicated, warmly messy and fiercely loving. 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.

Post-screening discussion with cinematographer, Iris Ng!