Joanie 4 Jackie

Joanie 4 Jackie

2 Episodes

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.

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Joanie 4 Jackie
  • Transeltown

    Episode 1

    Directed by Myra Paci • 1992 • United States
    Starring Myra Paci, Carter Burwell, Dina Emerson

    Dante transported to Times Square: a morbid and tender love story begins when a lonely girl drags home the naked body of a comatose, genital-less blonde woman.

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    Episode 2

    Directed by Sujin Lee • 2002 • United States

    Memories and fragments of stories enter into dialogue with each other as filmmaker Sujin Lee processes the death of her grandmother and the end of childhood.