Growing Up
2022 · 1 season · 10 episodes · Returning Series · Disney+
Documentary, Reality
TMDB 6.7 · 7 votes
It takes courage to be yourself.
An innovative hybrid docu-series that explores the challenges, joys and complexities of adolescence through ten compelling coming-of-age stories. Growing Up draws on storytelling, experimentation and documentary to let 18- to 21-year-olds tell their stories.
Episodes
- S01E01Vanessa2022-09-0823m
Vanessa finds community amongst other confident Black women, and is inspired to study psychology.
- S01E02Clare & Isabel2022-09-0823m
Clare and Isabel's story is about their friendship and passion for giving back to their community.
- S01E03Amiri2022-09-0824m
Amiri's episode follows a Black man's journey to finding the courage to be loved for who he is.
- S01E04Emily2022-09-0826m
Emily's story looks at her experience building a platform for creatives in the disability community.
- S01E05Sage2022-09-0823m
Sage is a 20-year-old Afro-Latina artist and organizer finding her identity as a trans woman.
- S01E06David2022-09-0823m
David is a young man from California who stepped out of his comfort zone by discovering poetry.
- S01E07Sofia2022-09-0823m
Sofia's story outlines her barrier breaking journey in STEM as a Black woman coder.
- S01E08Alex2022-09-0822m
Alex's story dives into her experience dealing with depression in her middle and high school years.
- S01E09Athena2022-09-0822m
Athena's episode is about a young South Asian woman's journey with her body image.
- S01E10Gavin2022-09-0828m
Gavin overcomes the hardships of homelessness to earn a full scholarship to study nursing.
