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Street Smart: Lessons from a TV Icon (2025)
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Street Smart: Lessons from a TV Icon (2025)

Documentary

From the Bronx to Sesame Street, Sonia Manzano broke ground as Maria, becoming an influential Latina figure who transformed kids' TV through her decades-long role.

Director

Ernie Bustamante

Writer

Ernie Bustamante

Producers

Maor Azran (producer) | Ernie Bustamante (producer) | Steven Canals (producer)

Composer

Juan Marcos Hernández Robeff (music by)

Cinematographers

Taylor Gentry (director of photography) | Charles Swanson (director of photography) | Adam Weinberg (director of photography)

Editor

Sean Puglisi

Casting Director

Alan Luna (casting director)

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Updated Jun 21, 2025

Release date

Jun 21, 2025 (United States)

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Sonia Manzano Self Self See fewer	Sesame Street (1969)
Alison Bartlett Self Self See fewer	The History of Sound (2025)
Ryan Dillon Self Self See fewer	Sesame Street (1969)
Grisselle Escotto Self - Sonia Self - Sonia See fewer	Shine (I) (2017)
Angelo Kern Self - Emilio Self - Emilio See fewer	Rescue: HI-Surf (2024)
Carmen Osbahr Self Self See fewer	The Puzzle Place (1994)
Andrea Davis Pinkney Self Self See fewer	Ella Fitzgerald: The Tale of a Vocal Virtuosa (2003)
Stephen Schwartz Self Self See fewer	Wicked (2024)
Sonia Sotomayor Self Self See fewer	PBS News Hour (1975)
Norman Stiles Self Self See fewer	Between the Lions (1999)