Milton Public Library presents Stories We Tell

Milton Public Library - Main Library

Milton

April 15, 2024

7:00 PM EDT

$0.00

English

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Stories We Tell

Director Sarah Polley

Run Time 108min

Genre Documentary

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Summary

What begins as a cinematic search for her mother who died when Polley was only 11 becomes a kind of family detective story delving into long-buried secrets about the filmmaker herself. Mixing interviews with archival footage and dramatizations, Polley explores the very nature of family and the conspiracy we enter into in order to protect the bonds we cherish with our loved ones.

As Polley interrogates each of her subjects in turn, contradictory accounts emerge, and longstanding efforts to hide some painful truths eventually become futile.

The “stories we tell” — that all families tell in one way or another — turn out to obscure as much as they reveal, and the whole idea of the purpose of narrative is called into question in a way that is both fascinating and poignant.

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Event Primary Language

English

Event Details

Milton Public Library will be showing films all throughout the week of April 15-19 to celebrate Canadian Film Day!

On Monday, April 15, the following films will be shown:

A Bear Named Winnie at 2:00PM,

Angry Inuk at 2:00PM,

Stories We Tell at 7:00PM.

On Tuesday, April 16, the following films will be shown:

BlackBerry at 1:30PM,

Window Horses at 2:00PM,

Slash/Back at 7:00PM.

On Wednesday, April 17 the following films will be shown:

Ballerina at 11:00AM,

Breakaway at 2:30PM,

Brother at 2:00PM,

Giant Little Ones at 7:00PM,

Beans at 7:00PM.

On Thursday, April 18 the following films will be shown:

The Peanut Butter Solution at 11:00AM,

I Like Movies at 3:00PM.

And on Friday, April 19, the following films will be shown:

The Whale at 11:00AM,

Cette maison (This House) at 2:00PM.

Accessibility

Venue deemed accessible by event host. Library, automatic doors.

Address

Milton Public Library - Main Library, 6355 Main Street W, Milton, ON, L9T 0S5
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