Directed by:
Marilyn Agrelo (Mad Hot Ballroom)
Based on the New York Times Best Seller by Michael Davis:
Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street
Produced by:
Trevor Crafts (Experimenter, Lantern City), Ellen Scherer Crafts (Lantern City), Mark Meyers (Heartthrob, 12 Feet Deep)
Street Gang will take us inside the minds and hearts of the Sesame Street creators to help us understand not only how they produced this groundbreaking show, but also what it was like to be at the center of a cultural and social phenomenon. Street Gang concentrates on the most experimental and groundbreaking period of Sesame Street. The original surviving creators weave together personal narratives, and never before seen behind the scenes footage to reveal how they collaborated to push every boundary that confronted them, changing television, and changing the world.
Westchester, Summer 1991. Closeted teenager Daniel Rosen (Oleff) travels a bumpy road to self-acceptance when his estranged gay uncle Ira (Urie) returns home, dying of complications from HIV/AIDS.