Last month we spoke with Nicole Galovski (Showrunner/Executive Producer/Director), Kishori Rajan (Director), Smriti Mundhra (Director), Ashley Eakin (Director), Gavin Arneson (Hero), Ekwa Msangi (Director), Elegance Bratton (Director), Amiri Nash (Hero), Vanessa Aryee (Hero) and Rudy Valdez (Director) who are part of this new docu-series from Brie Larson, “Growing Up,” about the series.
One profound quote from Gavin Arneson gives a glimpse into the powerful messages that the heroes share about their journey and hope for the future.
“I wish someone like my dad could have seen this show, it brings so much healing and understanding… you can have painful experiences, but there is a way to talk about them as a family and community.” –Gavin Arneson, #GrowingUpDocuseries
Watch our interviews below along with the trailer in advance of the series coming to DisneyPlus on September 8th
Watch “Growing Up” on Disney+ on September 8th #DisneyPlusDay
About “Growing Up” 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 teenagehood 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.
- 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
