Hi, Mike, et. al. - I assign Janine Basinger's 'A Woman's View' when I teach my 'Heroines' course. It covers 1930-60, so you would have to get your students to watch movies made before they were born... Maybe you can get them to compare some contemporary film to 'Stella Dallas' or 'Mildred Pierce.' Kathi Maio has published two collections of her Sojourner reviews, which would give students a model for thinking about these issues in the context of a film critique. They might be out of print, but I could put you in touch with her in case she has some copies she could pass on to you. What are you using as a writing text? Stephen ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html