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Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street – Hot Docs 2021

Take a look behind-the-scenes in the creation of one of the longest-running children’s television series in Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street. The brainchild of Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, co-founders of the Children’s Television Workshop, Sesame Street was created in 1968 as counter-programming for children’s television shows that at the time were focused […]

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I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

Anyone who grew up watching the long-running children’s television series Sesame Street would likely be familiar with the show’s signature Muppet characters Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.  However, fans of the show might not be as familiar with Caroll Spinney, the man behind the characters.  Now in his 80s, Spinney is one the last

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Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey

Being Elmo is straight-forward documentary about Sesame Street puppeteer Kevin Clash and his journey from loving the Muppets as kid to becoming one of the most popular characters on Sesame Street – Elmo.  The film is also a very intriguing behind-the-scenes look into the world of the Muppets and some time is spent in the film showing how they are made (which essentially

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