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Moxie (Original title)
Dates: 2021 (Copyright), October 2019 (Production), 03 March 2021 (Release)

Country: USA

Director: Amy Poehler

Synopsis: USA. A shy 16-year-old high-school student is frustrated by the sexist status quo shaping her and her friends world. Inspired by her mother’s rebellious past and the comradeship of a confident new friend, she publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism.

Genre:
Comedy

Subjects:
Secondary schools, Sex discrimination, Punk, Zines
Credits (20)
©: LLC Netflix US, Paper Kite, presents: Netflix, Executive Producer: David Hyman, Executive Producer: Tamara Chestna, Executive Producer: Jennifer Mathieu, Produced by: Amy Poehler, Produced by: Morgan Sackett, Producer: Kim Lessing, Screenplay by: Tamara Chestna, Dylan Meyer, Based on the novel by: Jennifer Mathieu, Director of Photography: Tom Magill, Edited by: Julie Monroe, Production Designer: Erin Magill, Costume Designer: Kirston Leigh Mann, Music by/Original Score Composed by: Mac McCaughan, Original Score Performed by: Mac McCaughan, Sound Design: Wylie Stateman
Cast (15)
Hadley Robinson (Vivian Carter), Lauren Tsai (Claudia), Patrick Schwarzenegger (Mitchell Wilson), Nico Hiraga (Seth Acosta), Sydney Park (Kiera Pascal), Josephine Langford (Emma Johnson), Clark Gregg (John), Josie Totah (CJ), Alycia Pascual-Peña (Lucy Hernandez), Anjelika Washington (Amaya), Charlie Hall (Bradley), Sabrina Haskett (Kaitlynn), Ike Barinholtz (Mr Davies), Amy Poehler (Lisa Carter), Marcia Gay Harden (Principal Marlene Shelly)