In rural 1977 Georgia, a misfit girl dreams of life in outer space. When a national competition offers her a chance at her dream, to be recorded on NASA’s Golden Record, she recruits a makeshift troupe of Birdie Scouts, forging friendships that last a lifetime and beyond.
Acting
Mckenna Grace carries the film with chaotic space-nerd energy.
Costume
1977 Georgia thrift-store realness — every scout uniform tells a story.
Writing
Dialogue that treats kids like actual weird humans, not sitcom props.
Director
Bertie
Mckenna Grace
Christmas Flint
Viola Davis
Miss Rayleen
Jim Gaffigan
Ramsey Flint
Allison Janney
Miss Massey
Charlie Shotwell
Joseph
Milan Ray
Hell-No Price
Johanna Colón
Smash
Bella Higginbotham
Anne-Claire
Mike Epps
Dwayne Champaign
Ashley Brooke
Piper Keller
Kenneth Wayne Bradley
Joseph's Dad
Edi Patterson
Miss Aimee
Maureen Brennan
Miss Delilah
Gwendolyn Mulamba
Miss Penny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Golden Record is real — Voyager launched in 1977 with greetings from Earth, including a message from Jimmy Carter. The film's climax imagines a children's competition to add to it, which never happened but absolutely should have.
The film is loosely based on the play 'Christmas and Jubilee Behold The Meteor Shower' by Lucy Alibar, who also co-wrote 'Beasts of the Southern Wild.' That explains the southern childhood magical realism.
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