Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street
Inspired by the activism of the late 1960s, socially conscious television executive Joan Ganz Cooney and Sesame Workshop co-founder Lloyd Morrisett conducted a revolutionary experiment: to harness the burgeoning power of television and create an educational, uplifting, and entertaining show that could reach preschool children nationwide, especially those living in urban areas. Cooney recruited trailblazing Muppets’ creator Jim Henson and acclaimed children’s television writer and director Jon Stone to craft the iconic and beloved world of Sesame Street.
STREET GANG: HOW WE GOT TO SESAME STREET reintroduces this visionary “gang” of mission-driven artists, writers, and educators who audaciously interpreted radical changes in society and created one of most impactful television programs in history, now spanning 50-plus years and reaching more than 150 countries.
With more than 20 interviews with original writers, cast, and crew, and never-before-seen behind the scenes footage, this story is told from the inside with humor and emotion, weaving together personal narratives and eyewitness accounts.
