Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

107 mins | Documentary | April 23, 2021

Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry characters to the classic songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed the world.

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

107 mins | Documentary | April 23, 2021

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Take a stroll down Sesame Street and witness the birth of the most influential children's show in television history. From the iconic furry characters to the classic songs you know by heart, learn how a gang of visionary creators changed the world.
IMDb rating 8.0
Producers Screen Media Films, HBO Documentary Films, Citizen Skull Productions, Macrocosm Entertainment, JustFilms / Ford Foundation
Original title Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Directors Marilyn Agrelo
Writers

Cast

Jim Henson

as Self (archive footage)

Jon Stone

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Oz

as Self (archive footage)

Caroll Spinney

as Self

Bob McGrath

as Self

Sonia Manzano

as Self

Emilio Delgado

as Self

Lloyd Morrisett

as Self

Sharon Lerner

as Self

Roscoe Orman

as Self

Brian Henson

as Self

Lisa Henson

as Self

Loretta Long

as Self

Fran Brill

as Self

Norman Stiles

as Self

James Earl Jones

as Self (archive footage)

Stevie Wonder

as Self (archive footage)

Muhammad Ali

as Self (archive footage)

Matt Robinson

as Self (archive footage)

Odetta

as Self (archive footage)

Jesse Jackson

as Self (archive footage)

Joe Raposo

as Self (archive footage)

Nick Raposo

as Self

Johnny Cash

as Self (archive footage)

Dizzy Gillespie

as Self (archive footage)

Johnny Carson

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Biondo

as Self

Will Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Orson Welles

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fred Rogers

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)