Amy Poehler Movie ‘Moxie’ on Netflix March 3

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Teen starts feminist revolution in her high school

Nico Hiraga as Seth, Amy Poehler as Lisa/Director/Producer, Hadley Robinson as Vivian in Moxie.
(Image credit: Colleen Hayes/Netflix)

Amy Poehler movie Moxie premieres on Netflix March 3. The story of a girl from a small town who is inspired by her mother’s Riot Girl past and starts a feminist revolution in her high school. Moxie is adapted from a novel of the same name by Jennifer Mathieu. 

Hadley Robinson plays the girl. Marcia Gay Harden, Clark Gregg, Nico Hiraga, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Sydney Park, Anjelika Washington and Josephine Langford are also in the cast. 

Poehler directed Moxie and produces alongside Morgan Sackett and Kim Lessing for Paper Kite. Poehler previously directed the Netflix film Wine Country. She was a cast member on Saturday Night Live and on Parks and Recreation. Poehler co-created Netflix series Russian Doll and Fox animated series Duncanville. 

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.