Today there are more reasons than ever for families to explore and celebrate diversity. Our ever-expanding world is full of differences in abilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, family structures, religious faiths, interests and cultures. This documentary introduces your family to children who are not only celebrating how they are unique, but who are also learning from and appreciating the differences in others.
Acting
Baryshnikov's unexpectedly warm narrator voice — who knew?
Production
bell hooks AND Mary J. Blige in a 30-min kids' doc? Unhinged casting.
Writing
bell hooks co-wrote. Academic rigor meets Sesame Street pacing.
Director
Michael Sporn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This aired on HBO Family during their brief 'we're educational now' era, sandwiched between Sex and the City reruns and actual prestige children's programming.
Sporn was a Sesame Street veteran who convinced HBO to fund what was essentially a thesis film about radical self-love for preschoolers. It barely screened after 2005.
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