Rise Up, Sing Out

2 seasons available

Animated, music-based shorts provide an inspiring and empowering message about race, culture and community, celebrate differences and provide a framework for conversation.
Let's Go!
S2 E3

Friends explore the tastes, sights, and sounds of a new city, and they all enjoy a concert together.

It's Mendhi Time
S2 E4

The friends celebrate the end of Eid and learn about the holiday while adorning their hands with mehndi.

Grandparents Are the Greatest
S2 E5

The friends have fun with their grandparents and enjoy having them as a part of their daily lives.

Our Dance
S2 E6

The friends perform the traditional Samoan Fa'ataupati dance at a talent show.

Grow Your World
S2 E7

The friends think back on the people they've met, the foods they've tried and the traditions they've learned.

Gather Round
S1 E1

Kingston and his friends model kids and families who both notice and celebrate their differences through a song that encourages young viewers to imagine a better world.

Super Bonnet
S1 E2

Celebrating Black hair care in a song at a sleepover, friends Taniya, Shawna and So-Hyeon show Amelia their bedtime routine to protect their natural curly-textured hair.

Name Tag
S1 E3

In a song celebrating names that are mispronounced or stigmatized, So-Hyeon teaches her friends Kingston and Rogerneiqua a game to learn to say and appreciate each other's names.

Let Love Overrule
S1 E4

Terrell explains to Kingston that some people will judge them for the color of their skin in a story that models coming together in kindness toward all.

Speak Up!
S1 E6

Taniya helps her friends understand how to process and respond when someone says something hurtful to them.

I'll Be Here
S1 E7

In a song depicting the fears that some children of color might have about their racial experience, Abuela comforts Gabriel with a lullaby after he sees something scary on TV.

Create Your World
S1 E8

In a song depicting the importance of representation, Taniya doesn't see any pictures of or by Black artists while visiting a museum; Kingston suggests they fix it and create their own art.