Videos

Michael Cunningham presents Joan Didion with the 2007 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the National Book Award Ceremony.

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Joan Didion collects the award from Michael Cunningham/NBF.

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Michael A. Bernstein discusses “Political Fictions” with Joan Didion at the Revelle Forum (Neuroscience Institute UCSD).

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A trailer for “The Panic in Needle Park” (1971), a film written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne.

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Panel Discussion at the NYPL with the New York Review of Books, including Joan Didion.

Comes just after Obama won the 2008 American Presidential Election.

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Joan Didion reads from “The Year of Magical Thinking” at the UCLA Department of English

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Joan Didion and Vanessa Redgrave talk to Charlie Rose about “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play.”

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Joan Didion talks to Charlie Rose about her book, “The Year of Magical Thinking.“

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Joan Didion discusses her California memoir, “Where I Was From” with Charlie Rose.

(Skip forward to 28:15)

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Joan Didion discusses her non-fiction book, “Political Fictions“,  with Charlie Rose.

(Skip forward to 37:45).

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Joan Didion discusses her novel called “The Last Thing He Wanted” with Charlie Rose.

(Skip forward to 23:55)

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Clip 1 from Vanessa Redgrave’s performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”.

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Clip 2 from Vanessa Redgrave’s performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”.

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Clip 1 from Annalee Jefferies’ performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”

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Clip 2 from Annalee Jefferies’ performance of “The Year of Magical Thinking: The Play”