Mixtape
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy / family, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
How every film is hand-scored →On the eve of Y2K, orphaned 12-year-old Beverly discovers a broken mixtape crafted by her teen parents. Raised by her grandmother – who struggles talking about her late daughter – Beverly sees the mixtape as a chance to finally learn more about her parents.
Our read · Mixtape (2021) reads as a cosy, kinetic, grounded comedy · family entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
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The shape of Mixtape
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a sweet Y2K nostalgia story of an orphan discovering her parents through music.”
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The reading.
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