“Mix Tape” from Boat Rocker held its World Premiere at this year’s SXSW Film & TV Festival. The four-part series explores the reconnection of a relationship years after first meeting as teenagers. Both are in very different places in their lives and with their partners. But thanks to social media, they can once again connect. Then, with the power of music, they might rekindle what they once had.
A CHAT WITH TERESA PALMER
With the world premiere of “Mix Tape” I spoke with Teresa Palmer. She plays Alison in the series. During our conversation, we talked about the power of music to hold memories for us. How songs could take us back to a particular moment in our past and possibly reignite certain feelings. Palmer also tells us about Alison’s state of mind when the series starts, as well as what it was like to work with Jim Sturgess as David. She shares with us a song or two that for her spark fond memories. It was a fun conversation that you can check out below!
ABOUT “MIX TAPE”
In Sheffield, 1989, teenagers Daniel and Alison meet at a house party, and bond over their love for music. Daniel is popular, Alison is a wallflower. When they meet on the dance floor, their lives are forever changed. The relationship they forge that night will follow them forever, and leave them wondering what could have been.
Twenty years later, Daniel is in Sheffield and Alison in Sydney. Both are married, with children nearly grown. Life looks differently for both of them than how’d they’d imagined it at seventeen. Daniel, powerless to the strong hold the memory of Alison still has on him, reaches out to her in the hope that they might be able to rekindle that spark.
