Jeanine D. Basinger is Corwin-Fuller Professor Emerita of Film Studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where she founded the Film Studies Department and the Cinema Archives. Her books include Silent Stars, winner of the William K. Everson Film History Award, and American Cinema: One Hundred Years of Filmmaking, the companion to a 10-part PBS series. Basinger lives in Brookings, where she earned degrees from South Dakota State University. Her latest book is Hollywood: The Oral History, co-written with Sam Wasson.

Featured title: Hollywood: An Oral History

Website: https://www.wesleyan.edu/academics/faculty/jbasinger/profile.html

JEANINE’S EVENTS:

• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 12:00 p.m. – SDPB Live Broadcast of In the Moment with Lori Walsh – The Oscar, Larson Memorial Concert Hall (102F), Brookings
• Friday, Sept. 20 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept 21 @ 12:45 p.m. – Hollywood: The Oral History – The Oscar, Founders Recital Hall (101A), Brookings
• Saturday, Sept. 21 @ 4:30 p.m. – Author Signing Event – The Oscar, Fishback Studio Theater (154), Brookings

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