On the eve of Y2k, orphaned, awkward 12-year-old Beverly Moody (Gemma Brooke Allen) discovers a broken mixtape crafted by her teen parents. Raised by her grandmother Gail (Julie Bowen), a former teen mom herself who finds it painful to speak about her late daughter, Beverly sees this mixtape as a chance to finally learn more about her parents. So she sets out on a journey to find all the songs on the tape. Along the way, she makes friends with her quirky neighbor, Ellen (Audrey Hsieh); intimidatingly tough, Nicky (Olga Petsa); and Anti, an anti-everything record store owner who’s the key to finding these tracks, and a renewed bond between Gail and Beverly.
Valerie Weiss is an Award-winning filmmaker and scientist who has infused her signature blend of elevated and emotional storytelling into her four feature films and dozens of television episodes. Her work has been called "daringly light" for the way it embraces controversial topics in enchanting ways and spans the genres of action, thriller, drama, science-fiction and comedy. Valerie's recently released feature film, Mixtape, which she directed for Netflix from a Blacklist-winning script, has scored a coveted 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and ranks as one of the best family films of 2021 according to The Washington Post and Common Sense Media. Mixtape, a nostalgic musical odyssey through the 80s and 90s follows 12-year old Beverly Moody as she seeks to learn about her late parents from a punk rock mixtape she finds in her basement. Valerie's recent television work includes directing the finale of the upcoming limited series Echoes (Netflix) for showrunners Brian Yorkey and Quinton Peeples, two episodes of Fox's new Country Music Drama, Monarch, starring Susan Sarandon, and multiple episodes across all seasons of Netflix's global megahit Outer Banks (Netflix). Additionally, she has directed multiple episodes for several of television's biggest producers including Shonda Rhimes, Dick Wolf, Greg Berlanti and Marc Cherry. Valerie's third feature, The Archer, is a feminist coming-of-age action film best described as Thelma and Louise meets First Blood and premiered at SXSW.
