PREVIEW: Mixtape (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

Gemma Brooke Allen (Black Pumpkin), Julie Bowen (Happy Gilmore), Nick Thune (The Possession of Hannah Grace), Jackson Rathbone (The Last Airbender), Olga Petsa (film debut), Audrey Hsieh (Here Today), Diego Mercado (Tracktown)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Valerie Weiss (The Archer), director; Stacey Menear (The Boy), writer; Gil Netter (Life of Pi) and Jim Wedaa (Brahms: The Boy 2), producers; Tamar-kali (Mudbound), composer; Matthew Clark (Late Night), cinematographer; William Steinkamp (Tootsie), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1999, quirky twelve-year-old Beverly (Allen) finds a mixtape that once belonged to her late parents, but since the tape is damaged she sets out to find the songs herself. Along the way, she develops new friendships, bonds with her grandmother (Bowen), and finds her own identity…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This sweet coming-of-age comedy plays on the music scene of the late 90s amidst the uneasy transition into the new Millennium.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD DECEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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