O Canada Film Series: Stories We Tell + Distant Islands
Thursday, 7 p.m.–9 p.m.
Event Info
O Canada Film Series: Stories We Tell + Distant Islands
October 2, 2025
Humanities Quadrangle, L02
320 York Street
New Haven, CT
06511
Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012, DCP, 108 mins)
Distant Islands (Bettina Maylone, 1981, DCP, 6 mins)
These two looks at the mysteries of family and memory show us how we stitch together the stories of our pasts, partly through truth, partly through invention. Polley’s cinematic memoir has been called “an enthralling, exquisitely layered masterpiece” (Brian D. Johnson) and “a gripping and absorbing meditation on the unknowability of other lives” (Peter Bradshaw). Stories We Tell DCP from Roadside Attractions, Distant Islands DCP from the National Film Board of Canada.
The “O Canada” film series presents a selection of features and shorts from the True North strong and free.
For further information:
filmarchive@yale.edu
Open To:
Spouses and Partners, Yale Postdoctoral Trainees, undergraduate, Staff, Graduate and Professional, General Public, faculty, alumni, All Ages