Stories We Tell
Les histoires qu'on raconte (v.o.a.s.-t.f.)
- Release Date: October 12, 2012 (limited)
- Genre: Documentary
- Director: Sarah Polley
- Producer(s): Anita Lee
- Writer(s): Sarah Polley
- Studio: Mongrel Media
- Length: 1h 48m | Classification: G
- Official Site: nfb.ca/storieswetell
Synopsis
Exploring the nature of memory and storytelling, especially the way people fictionalize family narratives, examining "our insatiable need, as human beings, to turn our lives into stories."
Director/screenwriter and former Road to Avonlea TV star Sarah Polley tell the story of how she found out that her father, Michael Polley, is not her biological father because her mother, Diane Polley, who died when Sarah was just 10, had a lengthy affair.