Basinger on Iconic Mothers in the Movies

David PesciMay 6, 20111min
The Film Studies Professor discusses notable mother characters from film history right up to the present

On a recent broadcast of Philadelphia’s NPR affiliate WHHY, Jeanine Basinger, Chair and Corwin Fuller Professor of Film Studies, discusses the long and rich legacy of movie mothers from the nurturing, conflicted, and heroic to the terrifying and obsessive.