''The World According to Sesame Street'' is a 2006 documentary film created by

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, looking at the cultural impact of the children's television series ''

Sesame Street ''Sesame Street'' is an American educational children's television series that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation and puppetry. It is produced by Sesame Workshop (known as the Children's Television Workshop until June 2000) ...

'', and the complexities of creating international adaptations. It focuses on the adaptations of ''Sesame Street'' in

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Sisimpur ''Sisimpur'' ( bn, সিসিমপুর) is the Bangladeshi version of the children's television series ''Sesame Street''. The show premiered in April 2005 on Bangladesh Television and aims to make learning enjoyable for children. The series ...

''),

Kosovo Kosovo ( sq, Kosova or ; sr-Cyrl, Косово ), officially the Republic of Kosovo ( sq, Republika e Kosovës, links=no; sr, Република Косово, Republika Kosovo, links=no), is a partially recognised state in Southeast Euro ...

(''Rruga Sesam'', in Albanian; and ''Ulica Sezam'', in Serbian), and

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Takalani Sesame ''Takalani Sesame'' ("be happy Sesame" in Venda) is the South African version of the children's television program ''Sesame Street'', co-produced by Sesame Workshop and South African partners. The series debuted in 2000 and currently airs on SABC ...

''). The film premiered at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival in the documentary competition. The film was released on DVD on October 24, 2006. It was also featured that month on the public television documentary series ''

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''. The documentary included a segment featuring the introduction of an HIV-positive character on the South African version of ''Sesame Street'', noting the short-lived negative reaction of some members of the

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to the character.Guimarães, Fernando
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p. 123.

References

External links

''The World According to Sesame Street''
site for

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