Last year, PBS released an in-depth documentary about legendary author Ursula K. Le Guin, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, directed by Arwen Curry.
If you missed it the first time around, the network has put the documentary online to stream for free (via Open Culture), until August 30th, 2020.
The hour-long documentary is a deep dive into Le Guin’s career, interviewing not only her, but other authors like Margaret Atwood, Michael Chabon, Neil Gaiman, and David Mitchell. The documentary premiered in 2018, and is part of the American Masters series, a long-running PBS franchise that examines the works of the nation’s most influential artists and creators.
In addition to the Le Guin documentary, PBS is also making episodes about Terrence McNally, Raúl Juliá, Rothko, and Scott Momaday available to watch for free until the 30th.
Not available in the UK
Looks to be available US-only. Tor, you could usefully modify your headline to make that clear — a lot of us here aren’t in the US.
I loved her story “Vaster than Empires, and More Slow”.
Saw the documentary during the first virtual Worldcon at the beginning of the month. It was so interesting I might watch it again. Was a huge fan of LeGuin when I first started reading her over 45 years ago and was glad to meet her twice over the years.
If you’re in the UK, you can catch it on BBC iPlayer until the end of the month.
Does the streaming give access in Eastern Europe?
If anyone knows where to watch this in Canada I’d appreciate it – been wanting to see this for a while!
I look forward to watching it! I wonder if the producers were aware that Le Guin has an asteroid named after her: https://minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=✓&object_id=ursulakleguin
The citation was: “Asteroid 2006 UL86 has been officially designated Ursulakleguin (181518) by the International Astronomical Union. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929–2018) was an American novelist and the author of many books and stories for adults and children. Recipient of numerous literary awards, Le Guin’s words will be remembered, worlds will be visited, and characters beloved, for as long as her namesake orbits the Sun.”
Bless you for that, Rob Lv. It gets lonely out here sometimes.
Why giving us such an illusion and then frustrating it? Here in Europe too there’s plenty of us who love her passionately! Making it available only in the US is cruel towords us…
Not available in India :(