SESAME STREET GOES TO PRISON (TV)

Summary

Filmed in Texas at the Seagoville Federal Correctional Institution in Dallas and the Federal Correctional Institution of Fort Worth, this documentary examines the successful joint efforts of prison inmates and the Children's Television Workshop to create child development programs based on the educational techniques used on the popular children's television series "Sesame Street." In a series of interviews, the inmates explain the programs, which are designed to teach and nurture children who visit the prison, and point out that in addition to benefiting the children, the experience has helped them form stronger relationships with their own families. Highlights of the documentary include the inmates in training sessions with counselors from the Children's Television Workshop; inmates and children singing and participating in the games they view on "Sesame Street"; and the inmates putting on a puppet show using Muppet characters from the series.

Details

• NETWORK: PBS
• DATE: November 30, 1976
• RUNNING TIME: 0:27:34
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T:18469
• GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries; Specials
• SUBJECT HEADING: Children's programs; Prisons; Puppets; She Made It Collection (Joan Ganz Cooney)
• SERIES RUN: PBS - TV, 1977
• COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

• Edith Zornow … Executive Producer
• Peter Rosen … Producer, Director
• David Conner … Music by
• Jim Henson