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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 behind a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of c...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Samuel Goldwyn Films (Firm)
Other Authors: Buchan, John (Actor)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English with optional English subtitles; closed captioned.
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Samuel Goldwyn Films, 2012.
Subjects:
Polley, Sarah > Family.
Families.
Communication in families.
Storytelling > Psychological aspects.
Collective memory.
Adultery.
Nuclear families.
Nuclear families
Adultery
Collective memory
Communication in families
Families
Storytelling > Psychological aspects
Documentary films
Documentary-style films
Documentary films.
Documentary-style films.
Nonfiction films.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Kanopy)
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Summary: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 behind 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. Also includes reenactments with actors playing real people.
Physical Description:1 online resource (streaming video file) (109 min.)
Audience:MPAA rating: PG-13; for thematic elements involving sexuality, brief strong language and smoking.
Production Credits:Editor, Michael Munn ; director of photography, Iris Ng.