Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Livestreamed author visit with Natasha Lance Rogoff, award-winning TV producer/director who brought Sesame Street to Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Muppets were seen as ambassadors to model idealistic values, and Natasha Lance Rogoff was tasked to produce the series in Moscow in the early 1990s. She faced bombings, assassinations, and the takeover of the production office. And yet, the TV series became a huge hit, broadcasting messages of tolerance and inclusion well into Putin’s era to millions of children across the former USSR.