Sarah Polley, RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER: Confrontations with a Body of Memory
Totally Booked with Zibby
Zibby Owens
4.5 • 643 Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
"I had to develop a connection with my body that I hadn’t had as much in the past. That's a really exciting turning point for me, that we're friends now." Zibby is joined by director, actress, and writer Sarah Polley to discuss her memoir, Run Towards the Danger, which is a collection of six personal essays about memories and how we construct them. Sarah shares how the title came from a piece of advice her doctor gave her as she was going through treatment to recover from a years-long concussion and why that experience has shifted her entire approach to life. The two also talk about some of the things Sarah's body has had to endure, why she is extremely hesitant to let her daughter get into acting while she's still a child, and the meticulous planning that went into every word of the essay on Sarah's #MeToo experience.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, listeners. We have totally booked live coming up this fall, and I hope you'll be a part of it. |
| 0:06.0 | We have three events in New York City, September 19th, 25th, and 30th, in New York, where I'll be doing six interviews live each day. |
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| 1:01.3 | to our daily author interview site and a quick hello from some of my kids. Hi. Hi. Hello. Enjoy the |
| 1:07.2 | show. Sarah Polly is the author of Run Towards the Danger, Confrontations with the Body of Memory. |
| 1:15.4 | Sarah Polly is an Academy Award nominated screenwriter, director, and actor. |
| 1:19.8 | After making short films, Polly made her feature-length directorial debut with a drama film away from her in 2006. |
| 1:27.1 | Polly received an Oscar nomination for the |
| 1:28.9 | screenplay, which she adapted from the Alice Monroe story, The Bear Came Over the Mountain. |
| 1:33.9 | Her other projects include the documentary film Stories We Tell, which won the New York Film Critics |
| 1:38.9 | Circle Prize and the National Board of Review Award for Best Documentary, the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood's novel, Alias Grace, and the Romantic Comedy, Take This Waltz. |
| 1:50.5 | Welcome, Sarah. |
| 1:51.3 | Thank you so much for coming on Mom's and have time to read books to discuss run towards the danger, confrontations with the body of memory. |
| 1:58.6 | Thank you for having me. I love your podcast. |
| 2:01.0 | Thank you. I appreciate that. Wow. Thank you for having me. I love your podcast. Thank you. |
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