We are thrilled to be screening Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin, a documentary by Arwen Curry, at our bookstore this November!
Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a feature documentary exploring the remarkable life and legacy of the late feminist author Ursula K. Le Guin. Best known for groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy works such as A Wizard of Earthsea, The Left Hand of Darkness, and The Dispossessed, Le Guin held her ground on the margin of “respectable” literature until the sheer excellence of her work, at long last, forced the mainstream to embrace fantastic literature. Her fascinating story has never before been captured on film.
Produced with Le Guin’s participation over the course of a decade, Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin is a journey through the writer’s career and her worlds, both real and fantastic. Viewers will join the writer on an intimate journey of self-discovery as she comes into her own as a major feminist author, opening new doors for the imagination and inspiring generations of women and other marginalized writers along the way.
The film features stunning animation and reflections by literary luminaries including Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell, Michael Chabon, and more.
Filmmaker Arwen Curry with the author during the production of Worlds of Ursula K.Le Guin.
About the director:
Filmmaker Arwen Curry worked with Ursula K. Le Guin for ten years to create Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin. She served as Associate Producer and Archivist of the PBS American Masters film EAMES: The Architect and the Painter, and associate-produced both American Jerusalem: Jews and the Making of San Francisco, and the acclaimed HBO film Regarding Susan Sontag. Arwen is a former chief editor of the seminal punk magazine Maximum Rocknroll and has written for print, radio, and film. She is a San Francisco Bay Area native and a graduate of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.
Event details
- Saturday, 16 November
- 7PM - 8:30PM
- INR 599
We will open the event with an introduction and talk about the books and works of Ursula K. Le Guin by our curator and writer Kavya Murthy*. The documentary screening is of 68 minutes and will be followed by an open house to discuss and respond to the film together.
Limited seating. Please purchase a ticket to confirm your spot.
*Kavya Murthy is a writer, editor, reader and curator who has worked with Champaca Bookstore from the very beginning. She likes urban sketching, tango, dragons in fiction and queer writing.