Finding your roots, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films, and WNET ; in association with Ark Media ; director/producer John Maggio ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. [and others] ; senior producer, Rachel Dretzin ; writer, Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Season 1
Type
Label
Finding your roots, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films, and WNET ; in association with Ark Media ; director/producer John Maggio ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. [and others] ; senior producer, Rachel Dretzin ; writer, Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Season 1
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: Not rated
Main title
Finding your roots
Oclc number
794940342
Responsibility statement
with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films, and WNET ; in association with Ark Media ; director/producer John Maggio ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. [and others] ; senior producer, Rachel Dretzin ; writer, Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Runtime
600
Summary
This 10-part series, with the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., delves into the genealogy and genetics of famous Americans, combining history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family and identity in today's America. Professor Gates shakes loose captivating stories and surprises in the family trees of Kevin Bacon, Robert Downey, Jr., Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Martha Stewart, Barbara Walters and Rick Warren, among many others
Table Of Contents
disc one. Harry Connick, Jr./Branford Marsalis -- Cory Booker/John Lewis -- Barbara Walters/Geoffrey Canada -- Kevin Bacon/Kyra Sedgwick -- disc two. Angela Buchdahl/Rick Warren/Yasir Qadhi -- Maggie Gyllenhaal/Robert Downey, Jr. -- Samuel L. Jackson/Condoleezza Rice/Ruth Simmons -- disc three. Sanjay Gupta/Margaret Cho/Martha Stuart -- John Legend/Wanda Sykes/Margarett Cooper -- Michelle Rodriguez/Adrian Grenier/Linda Chavez
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Sykes, Wanda, 1964-
- Jackson, Samuel L.
- Marsalis, Branford
- Kunhardt McGee Productions
- Warren, Rick, 1954-
- Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965-
- Qadhi, Yasir, 1975-
- Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
- Walters, Barbara, 1929-2022
- Legend, John
- Bacon, Kevin, 1958-
- PBS Home Video
- Rice, Condoleezza, 1954-
- Inkwell Films (Firm)
- Chavez, Linda
- Grenier, Adrian, 1976-
- Gupta, Sanjay, 1969-
- Buchdahl, Angela
- Booker, Cory
- Cooper, Margarett
- Canada, Geoffrey
- Lewis, John, 1940-2020
- Stewart, Martha
- Connick, Harry, Jr., 1967-
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Rodriguez, Michelle
- Bomse, Seth
- Cho, Margaret
- Maggio, John
- McCarthy, Stephen, (Cinematographer)
- Russell, Samuel Z.
- Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 1977-
- Sedgwick, Kyra
- Bacon, Michael, 1948-
- Simmons, Ruth, 1945-
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- Cooper, Margarett -- Family
- Warren, Rick, 1954- -- Family
- Bacon, Kevin, 1958- -- Family
- Chavez, Linda -- Family
- Rodriguez, Michelle -- Family
- Qadhi, Yasir, 1975- -- Family
- United States -- Genealogy
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- Genealogy
- Simmons, Ruth, 1945- -- Family
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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- Sykes, Wanda, 1964- -- Family
- Legend, John -- Family
- Connick, Harry, Jr., 1967- -- Family
- Buchdahl, Angela -- Family
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- Cho, Margaret -- Family
- Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965- -- Family
- Gupta, Sanjay, 1969- -- Family
- Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- -- Family
- Stewart, Martha -- Family
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