Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red

2022 • 48 min • Documentary

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Synopsis

A feature length documentary about the all-women team at the helm of Pixar's original feature, Turning Red. With unprecedented behind-the-scenes access to Director Domee Shi and her core leadership crew, this story shines a light on the powerful professional and personal journeys that brought this incredibly comical, utterly relatable, and deeply heartfelt story to the screen.

Our family guide

Best from age 7

Movie Knight Score

43 reviews

100 Reviewers · 2 · 56%
68 Audience · 41 · 44%

This documentary offers an inside look at the creation of Pixar's "Turning Red," highlighting the all-women team led by Director Domee Shi. It explores their professional and personal journeys, revealing the passion and challenges behind bringing the unique story to the screen.

Violence & peril: 0/10
Language: 0/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking: 0/10
Romance & sensuality: 0/10
Scary moments: 0/10

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What it models well

Creativity and collaboration
Female leadership and empowerment
Perseverance and passion
Cultural representation

Talk about it after

How animated films are made
The importance of teamwork
Overcoming creative challenges
Why representation in media matters

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Top billed cast

Director: Erica Milsom

Trailers & clips

Embrace the Panda: Making Turning Red | Official Trailer | Disney+

Reviewer notes

Recommended
This doesn't show too much of the actual production, and it's stronger for it. Instead, it paints a beautiful portrait of the crew that shaped TURNING RED into what it is, showing how their lives informed everything from the character modeling to the production design and lighting, very cool stuff!
tmdb62583583, TMDB Community

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers
A neat look behind the scenes of 'Turning Red', though not the most interesting. The actual film is very good, fwiw. It's more about the people who made the film as opposed to the film itself, which is all fine but I'm always more interested in the onscreen stuff and the cast. We get to see a bit of Rosalie Chiang and a bit of Sandra Oh, but that's basically it.…
r96sk, TMDB Community