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In the late 1960s, socially conscious media executive Joan Ganz Cooney and Sesame Workshop co-founder Lloyd Morrisett took on a revolutionary experiment: To harness the burgeoning power of television and create an educational, impactful, and entertaining show that could reach children nationwide. Cooney recruited visionary Muppets creator Jim Henson and acclaimed children’s television writer and director Jon Stone to craft the iconic and uplifting world of “Sesame Street.”
Inspired by the civil rights movement, STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET focuses on the first two experimental and groundbreaking decades of “Sesame Street,” highlighting this visionary “gang” that audaciously interpreted radical changes in society and engaged children in ways that entertained and educated them like never before.
Original Release
04/23/2021
US Release
04/23/2021
Cast
Name | Character |
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Frank Biondo | Self |
Linda Bove | Self |
Fran Brill | Self |
Northern Calloway | Self |
Christopher Cerf | Self |
David D. Connell | Self |
Joan Ganz Cooney | Self |
Evelyn Davis | Self |
Emilio Delgado | Self |
Danny Epstein | Self |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Frank Biondo | Self |
Linda Bove | Self |
Fran Brill | Self |
Northern Calloway | Self |
Christopher Cerf | Self |
David D. Connell | Self |
Joan Ganz Cooney | Self |
Evelyn Davis | Self |
Emilio Delgado | Self |
Danny Epstein | Self |
Sam Gibbon | Self |
Bob Hatch | Self |
Jane Henson | Self |
Jim Henson | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Richard Hunt | Self |
Jerry Juhl | Self |
Emily Perl Kingsley | Self |
Will Lee | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Sharon Lerner | Self |
Gerald S. Lesser | Self |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Michael Davis | Executive Producer |
Nancy Abraham | Executive Producer |
Matthew Helderman | Executive Producer |
Lisa Heller | Executive Producer |
Heather Kenyon | Executive Producer |
Nat McCormick | Executive Producer |
Michael D. Messina | Executive Producer |
Mark Myers | Executive Producer |
Seth Needle | Executive Producer |
Brian O'Shea | Executive Producer |
Luke Taylor | Executive Producer |
Trevor Crafts | Producer |
Lisa Diamond | Producer |
Aimée Flaherty | Producer |
Anna Klein | Producer |
Rich Remsberg | Producer |
Ellen Scherer Crafts | Producer |