Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorDisney is ready to launch “Rise Up, Sing Out,” a short-form animated musical series that aims to deliver inspiring.
empowering and optimistic messages about culture and celebrating differences. The eight-episode series, which is executive produced by Ahmir ‘”Questlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter of the Roots, will be available on Disney Plus starting Wednesday, February 2, but the but the first episode will be presented on Disney Channel and Disney Junior.Questlove and Black Thought produced the music for the series and executive producers of the series, but they appear in it as well, depicted as animated characters.The series, which will touch upon themes like diversity, inclusion, kindness and self-expression, was produced in response to parents who have increasingly asked Disney Junior for entertainment content to aid them in talking to children about respect towards others.
Disney found academic research showing children as young as three become aware of differences between people and are capable of discussing those distinctions.
One episode celebrates Black hair, while another explores names that can be mispronounced or stigmatized. “The ‘Rise Up, Sing Out’ shorts touch on a lot of real-world issues, especially for young Black kids, that just weren’t talked about when we were growing up.
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