| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2008. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; anamorphic widescreen presentation; NTSC; stereo, Dolby digital 5.1 surround. |
| Performer |
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Maya Angelou, Bliss Broyard, Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman, Peter Gomes, Kathleen Henderson, Linda Johnson Rice, Tom Joyner, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Chris Rock, and Tina Turner. |
| Credits |
Senior producer, Graham Judd ; archival producer Lewanne Jones, Leslie D. Farrell ; original score, Michael Bacon. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Features Gates guiding eleven other African Americans on a search for their ancestry while exploring the history of African Americans from the Middle Passage and slavery to the early 20th century. Shows how genealogical investigations and DNA analysis help Maya Angelou, Bliss Broyard, Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman, Peter Gomes, Kathleen Henderson, Linda Johnson Rice, Tom Joyner, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Chris Rock, Tina Turner, and Gates himself discover where they come from and who they are. |
| Contents |
The road home / producer/director, Jack Youngelson ; editor, Sari Gilman -- A way out of no way / producer/director, Leslie Asako Gladsjø ; editor, Merril Stern -- We come from people / producer/director, Jesse Sweet ; editor, Ed Barteski -- The past is another country / producer/director, Graham Judd ; editor, Kate Hirson. |
| Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History.
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African Americans -- Biography.
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African Americans -- Genealogy.
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Genealogy.
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DNA fingerprinting.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Television programs.
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| Added Author |
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Producer. Screenwriter.
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Youngelson, Jack. Producer. Director.
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Gladsjo, Leslie Asako. Producer. Director.
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Sweet, Jesse. Producer. Director.
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Judd, Graham. Producer. Director.
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Angelou, Maya.
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Broyard, Bliss.
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Cheadle, Don.
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Freeman, Morgan.
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Gomes, Pete.
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Joyner, Tom, 1949-
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Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, 1962-
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Rock, Chris.
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Turner, Tina.
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Kunhardt Productions.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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PBS Home Video.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
African American lives two |
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African American lives (Television program)
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| ISBN |
1415738505 |
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9781415738504 |
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0793694167 |
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9780793694167 |
| Standard No. |
841887009171 |
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841887052320 |
| Music No. |
705232 PBS Home Video |
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