Finding your roots Season 1
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...
| Corporate Author: | PBS Home Video., Kunhardt McGee Productions., Inkwell Films (Firm), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) |
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| Other Authors: | Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. (Screenwriter), Bacon, Michael, 1948- (composer (expression)), Russell, Samuel (director of photography.), McCarthy, Stephen (Cinematographer) (director of photography.) |
| Format: | Videos DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[United States] :
PBS Home Video,
[2012]
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: |
3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD; NTSC, region 1; stereo; widescreen presentation. |
| Audience: |
Rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: |
Music, Michael Bacon ; editor, Seth Bomse ; directors of photography, Samuel Russell, Stephen McCarthy. |
| ISBN: |
9781608836574 1608836576 |