Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Matt Roush says...

Based on a terrific book by my former colleague Michael Davis, a new documentary sheds light on the formation of Sesame Street, still influencing generations of children with fast-paced educational entertainment after more than 50 years. Street Gang depicts how TV executive Joan Ganz Cooney and Sesame Workshop co-founder Lloyd Morrisett realized their vision to use the medium’s power to draw children in with music and comedy—and, most essentially, with the universally adored Muppets of Jim Henson, creating an inclusive and ever-evolving neighborhood that would speak to underrepresented minority and urban audiences.

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