Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Released	2021
Duration	107 minutes
Director	Marilyn Agrelo
Music	T. Griffin
Studio	Macrocosm Entertainment

Street Gang production team: Heather Kenyon, Mark Myers, Matt Daley, Marah Strauch, Michael Davis, and Trevor Crafts.

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, originally titled simply Street Gang, is a Sesame Street documentary based on the book of the same name by Michael Davis. Much like the book, the documentary follows the story of the creation of Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop.

The film was first announced in 2016, with Marah Strauch originally attached to direct. Funding for the production was partially raised from an Indiegogo crowdsourcing campaign, which offered customized Sesame Street perks. When the campaign launched, the film was expected to have "a late 2017 or early 2018 release." In Fall 2018, the U.S. streaming and broadcast rights were acquired by HBO and the worldwide rights by Focus Features. The film's release date was later pushed back to 2019, then 2020.

In December 2020, WarnerMedia announced that the film, releasing under HBO's Documentary Films unit and gaining the subtitle "How We Got to Sesame Street," would air on the network and be available to stream on HBO Max in 2021. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film made its nationwide online world premiere on January 30, 2021 at the Sundance Film Festival, with a second screening on February 1. Geoblocking was set to keep the event limited to US audiences only. Ahead of the film's Sundance premiere, the U.S. theatrical and home entertainment rights were acquired by Screen Media, planned for public release in Spring 2021.

The film's Sundance premiere was followed by a publically available Q&A session with the filmmakers (YouTube), as well as one of the festival's Cinema Café interviews featuring Sonia Manzano and Rita Moreno, both reminiscing about their carreers and collaborations. (YouTube)

Credits

• Director: Marilyn Agrelo
• Produced by Trevor Crafts and Ellen Scherer Crafts
• Producer: Lisa Diamond
• Executive Producers: Lisa Heller, Nancy Abraham, Brian O'Shea, Nat McCormick, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Mark Myers
• Co-Executive Producer: Michael Davis
• Director of Photography: Luke Geissbühler
• Editor: Ben Gold
• Original Soundtrack Composed by T. Griffin
• Archival Producer: Rich Remsberg
• Associate Editor: Gil Choi

External links

• Official site
• Official Facebook fan page
• Sundance - Meet the Artist: Marilyn Agrelo on STREET GANG
• IndieGoGo Page