Film in Focus: Stories We Tell

This clip from Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (2012) incorporates a variety of different elements, including narration, interviews, family photos, and reenacted footage. Consider how each of these elements functions to create meaning in the sequence.

Download transcript Opens in new window

Discussion Questions

After watching this clip from Stories We Tell, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

Question 1.

How are family photos and footage used to support what is being discussed in the interviews?

Question 2.

Watch the clip again and identify which footage is reenacted. How do the narration and the shots of the footage being recorded cue us to the nature of this footage?