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Growing Up

TV-PG

September 8, 2022

Documentary

Created by Brie Larson and Culture House, “Growing Up” is an innovative hybrid docu-series that explores the challenges, triumphs, and complexities of adolescence through ten compelling coming of age stories. The series uses narrative, experimental, and documentary filmmaking to follow one casted individual, ages 18-22, as they tell their story. They represent a wide range of lived experiences, giving audiences emotionally powerful narratives that offer an engaging look at teenage-hood and the diverse social, familial, and internal obstacles young people face on their path to self-discovery and acceptance. Each 30-minute episode features one young person, or “hero,” and their experience growing up. Each episode is anchored by a deeply personal interview that allows our heroes to walk us through their childhood and teenage years. Alongside these interviews, creative cinematic reenactments help bring their major inflection points to life.

Rated: TV-PG
Release Date: September 8, 2022

  • Directed By

    Nicole Galovski, Kishori Rajan, Brie Larson, Elegance Bratton, Smriti Mundhra, Yara Shahidi, Ashley Eakin, Sydney Freeland, Bernardo Ruiz, Ekwa Msangi, Rudy Valdez

  • Cast

    Alex Crotty, Clare Della Valle, Isabel Lam, Amiri Nash, Athena Nair, Sofia Ongele, Emily Flores, Sage Dolan-Sandrino, Gavin Arneson, Vanessa Aryee, David Puma
  • Rating TV PG

  • Director, Brie Larson (front, second from left), with Sofia, Gavin, Alex, Amiri, Athena, Sage, Isabel, Clare, Emily, David and Vanessa of Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Director, Brie Larson (front, second from left), with Sofia, Gavin, Alex, Amiri, Athena, Sage, Isabel, Clare, Emily, David and Vanessa of Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • Amiri as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Amiri as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • Athena (R) as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Athena (R) as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Emily as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • Gavin as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Gavin as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • (L to R) Carri Twigg, Brie Larson, Raeshem Nijhon, and Nicole Galovski on set of Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    (L to R) Carri Twigg, Brie Larson, Raeshem Nijhon, and Nicole Galovski on set of Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    As seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • As seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    As seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • Clare (L) and Isabel (R) as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Clare (L) and Isabel (R) as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • Vanessa as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Vanessa as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • Sage as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Sage as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    David as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Sofia as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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  • Alex as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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    Alex as seen in Disney's GROWING UP. (Credit: Disney/Anthony Artis)

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