How Sesame Workshop Created ‘Through Our Eyes,’ Its First Docuseries for Kids, During COVID
Haley Bosselman editor“Through Our Eyes,” a new docuseries out July 22 on HBO Max, proves kids don’t just say the darndest things, they sometimes say the most profound.The four-parter from Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind “Sesame Street,” is the organization’s first docuseries. Each episode captures the lives of kids who experience some of the most challenging issues facing families today: homelessness, climate displacement, incarceration and having a veteran parent whose caregiver is their other parent.“He’s like, ‘Just because my mom did a bad thing doesn’t make her a bad person,’” Sesame Workshop creative and production VP Kay Wilson Stallings tells Variety, recalling a remark by Nnadji, a boy in the “Apart” episode.