FILM IN FOCUS: Stories We Tell

FILM IN FOCUS: Stories We Tell


At this point in Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012), Sarah has connected with Harry Gulkin, the man she thinks might be her biological father. The clip begins with Harry’s voice reading a letter, and ends with Sarah’s father Michael Polley reading his own version of the story.



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