Two of Karen Yasinsky’s early animations, No Place Like Home #1 and #2 (1999), have been included in the Criterion Channel’s “Joanie 4  Jackie” compilation.

Indie iconoclast Miranda July first stepped from the realm of performance art into film with her pioneering JOANIE 4 JACKIE project, in which she curated and distributed feminist video “chain letters” of underground movies made by women across the country. Originally dubbed BIG MISS MOVIEOLA, the project began with a pamphlet that read, “A challenge and a promise: Lady, you send me your movie and I’ll send you the latest Big Miss Moviola Chainletter Tape.” This selection gathers nine of the eclectic shorts that July compiled, along with a 2008 introduction by Shauna McGarry.