Johanna is the 9-year-old YouTube star who went viral in summer 2015 with her performance of Aretha Franklin's R-E-S-P-E-C-T. The video itself has over 80 million views and has led to multiple international and domestic television appearances.
After failing to make it on Broadway, April returns to her hometown and reluctantly begins training a misfit group of young dancers for a competition.
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.
A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.