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"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.
Original Release
09/07/2022 on DISNEY+
US Release
09/08/2022
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chhoyang Cheshatsang | Dude |
Deepti Menon | Mean Peer Reaction Student |
David Littleton | Professor |
Si Chen | Coding Teacher |
Matt Merritt | Mitchell |
Elena Leilani | Young Sofia |
Jake Blakeslee | Prom Attendee |
Emily Nash | Middle School Teacher |
Zina Louhaichy | Classmate |
T. Shyvonne Stewart | Therapist |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Vanessa | Wednesday, 07 September 2022 |
2 | Clare & Isabel | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
3 | Amiri | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
4 | Emily | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
5 | Sage | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
6 | David | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
7 | Sofia | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
8 | Alex | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
9 | Athena | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
10 | Gavin | Thursday, 08 September 2022 |
Directors
Nicole Galovski, Brie Larson, Sydney Freeland, Yara Shahidi, Rudy Valdez, Ekwa Msangi, Ashley Eakin, Elegance Bratton, Smriti Mundhra, Bernardo Ruiz, Kishori Rajan
Creators
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chhoyang Cheshatsang | Dude |
Deepti Menon | Mean Peer Reaction Student |
David Littleton | Professor |
Si Chen | Coding Teacher |
Matt Merritt | Mitchell |
Elena Leilani | Young Sofia |
Jake Blakeslee | Prom Attendee |
Emily Nash | Middle School Teacher |
Zina Louhaichy | Classmate |
T. Shyvonne Stewart | Therapist |
Ire'Ana Gerald | Feast Girl |
Henry Eden | Tech Bro |
Nick Berninger | Dude |
Lisa Jill Anderson | Alex's Therapist |
Laura Jean Spineti | Lunchroom Girl |
Madison Lang | Basketball kid |
Kylie Q. Pinnock | Young Vanessa |
Reid Richards | Young Gavin |
Cailyn Peddle | Lunchroom Girl |
Dutch Eldridge | Football Player |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Nicole Galovski | Executive Producer |
Brie Larson | Executive Producer |
Carri Twigg | Executive Producer |
Raeshem Nijhon | Executive Producer |
Kristie Lutz | Executive Producer |
Cherice Hunt | Producer |
Laura Schmidt | Producer |
Jaselle Martino | Producer |
Lauren Cynamon | Producer |
Ashley B. Carey | Producer |
Ashley George | Producer |
Travis Callahan | Producer |
Sara Masetti | Producer |
Zada Clarke | Producer |
Kishori Rajan | Producer |
David Feinberg | Producer |
Sally Volkmann | Producer |