Street Gang Wins an Emmy!

Over the weekend Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street won an Emmy Award.

The film won for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary against the following films:

• HBO Documentary Films HBO A Choice of Weapons: Inspired by Gordon Parks
  
  
• MSNBC Films MSNBC: Paper and Glue
  
  
• The One and Only Dick Gregory, Showtime
  
  
• The Real Charlie Chaplin, Showtime

Director Marilyn Agrelo and producers Ellen Scherer Crafts, Trevor Crafts, Lisa Diamond, and Rich Remsberg were on hand to accept the award and thanked everyone via their fakebook page.

We WON! Thank you to the Emmys / Television Academy for awarding Best Arts & Culture documentary to our film Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street!!! We are so grateful and beyond proud to have made this film and tell this story.

Thank you HBO Documentary Films for your belief and support!!! Thanks to our amazing Film Gang,

Sesame Workshop and the wonderful Michael Davis who wrote the book that lit our imagination to make this film.

Congratulations to the whole Street Gang team on their well deserved Emmy.

Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street is available on demand via  HBO Max and Bluray and DVD from Amazon. 

The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Coming In December!

Not only is Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street available now on DVD and Blu-ray, and not only is a soundtrack being prepared, but a companion book of rare and previously unseen photos coming as well. 

The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street is a hardcover book coming this December. 

Below is the official description and a sneak peak inside. 

The official companion book to the feature-length documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street, featuring previously unpublished photographs from the first season of Sesame Street and interviews with cast and crew

The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street expands on the film’s exploration of the origins and legacy of Sesame Street with exclusive interviews and previously unpublished photographs from the first season of the globally beloved children's series. 

Author and filmmaker Trevor Crafts, who was given unprecedented access to archival footage and photography, presents more than 150 of photographer David Attie’s behind-the-scenes images of Jim Henson, Will Lee, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath, Frank Oz, Matt Robinson, Caroll Spinney, Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch, Bert and Ernie, and dozens of other pioneering puppeteers, animators, actors, and Sesame Street Muppets.

Crafts uses Attie’s remarkable photos and additional interviews from the film to dive deeper into the story of how show creator Joan Ganz Cooney, along with Sesame Workshop cofounder Lloyd Morrisett, director Jon Stone, and Muppet creator Jim Henson, took the values and goals of the civil rights movement and revolutionized children’s television.

The book is a tribute to the enduring achievements of an ingenious group of artists, educators, and television pioneers who believed that the values of equality, education, and inclusion should not just be championed but also made available to all—a dream that Sesame Street has carried forward for more than fifty years.

The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street will be released December 7 and can be pre-ordered now through Amazon. 

Street Gang Backer Blu-rays On The Way!

When Screen Media's excellent documentary Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street was released to home media last month, we didn't cover it since the film's Indiegogo crowd sourced backers did not yet get their copies.

We reached out to the producers who just informed us:

We just received our copies of the BluRay so we will be sending out a to copies shortly. Also the Soundtrack hasn’t been released yet, but we are working to narrow that release window soon.


Thanks

The Street Gang Team

 

So there you have it Indiegogo backers, if your pledge included a DVD or Blu-ray of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street they are on their way.

You may have noticed that the producers are also working on getting the Soundtrack released as well.

Bonus Material Include:

"Jerry and Richard" - The Puppeteers
"When it Went Wrong" - Muppet Outtakes
"Joe Raposo" - Musical Genius
"Sunny Days" - Origin of a Song
"Sounds of Sesame Street" Featurette


If you weren't part of the film's Indiegogo campaign the DVD and BluRay are available now on Amazon.

DVR Alert! Sonia Manzano and Roscoe Orman talk “Street Gang” on Today!

Sonia Manzano and Roscoe Orman will talk with Kristen Dahlgren about the new Sesame Street documentary Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street on NBC’s Today Show tomorrow, May 13th.

Set your DVRs for The Today Show 8:00 AM EST on NBC. 

"Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street" Blu-ray & DVD Announced!

While Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street isn't set to hit theaters until Friday, we've gotten word about the home video release date.

The Digital Bits and Amazon are both touting a July 6th release. 

No bonus features have been announced yet.

I would also imagine if you were an initial Indiegogo backer for the film and selected a DVD or Blu-ray of the film as part of your package that it will be the same as the retail version. 

The film will be rolling out to theaters across the country starting Friday April 23 and a full list of locations and dates can be found here. 

You can pre-order the Blu-ray for $29.98 and the DVD for $24.98 from Amazon.

Street Gang Movie Poster Revealed!

With the news that Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street will be released in theater's at the end on the mouth and the release of the trailer, we now have the first look at final poster art! 

As you can see, it's much different from the initial promo poster released with the Indiegogo campaign to finance the film .  

We're still waiting to hear what theaters will be carrying it, but Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street will be in theaters April 23rd and available On Demand May 7th. 

Watch The Official Street Gang Trailer!

After making its long awaited debut at Sundance earlier this year, the producers of Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street have now released the official trailer and release date.

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

While there is still no word on it's HBO Max premiere. Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street will be in theaters April 23rd and available On Demand May 7th.