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Sarah Polley

SARAH POLLEY is the Academy Award-winning filmmaker of Women Talking. After making short films, Polley made her feature-length directorial debut with the drama film Away from Her in 2006. Polley received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay, which she adapted from the Alice Munro story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain.” Her other projects include the documentary film Stories We Tell (2012), which won the New York Film Critics Circle prize and the National Board of Review award for best documentary; the Netflix miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel Alias Grace (2017); and the romantic comedy Take This Waltz (2011). Polley began her acting career as a child, starring in many productions for film and television. Her first book, Run Towards the Danger, was a #1 bestseller and winner of the 2022 Toronto Book Awards.
Run Towards the Danger
Run Towards the Danger
Sarah Polley
978-0-593-30035-0
$27.00 US
Hardcover
Mar 01, 2022
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)

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Run Towards the Danger
Run Towards the Danger
Sarah Polley
978-0-593-30035-0
$27.00 US
Hardcover
Mar 01, 2022
US, Opn Mkt (no CAN)
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