2012
TV-PG
53m

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Summary Before the popularity of AncestryDNA, journalist and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. divulges the family trees of various celebrities, many times with stunning revelations. View more details

2012
TV-PG
53m

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Ty Burrell CeCe Moore Henry Louis Gates Jr. Anita Hill

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Genres : Mystery History Biography Documentary

Release date : Mar 24, 2012

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Kunhardt Films Ark Media McGee Media

Details

Genres : Mystery History Biography Documentary

Release date : Mar 24, 2012

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Kunhardt Films Ark Media McGee Media

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Episode 1 • Mar 24, 2012

Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis

Actor and musician Harry Connick, Jr. and legendary jazz musician Branford Marsalis share their love of jazz and New Orleans itself, but they both also have European immigrant ancestors who blazed unconventional trails in America.

Episode 2 • Mar 24, 2012

Cory Booker and John Lewis

Two African-American politicians from different generations and opposite backgrounds, legendary civil rights leader John Lewis, and Democratic senator Cory Booker, learn about black and white slavery era ancestors they never knew about.

Episode 3 • Mar 31, 2012

Barbara Walters and Geoffrey Canada

Prof. Gates unearths missing links in the family histories of legendary broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, and equally notable activist and educator Geoffrey Canada, as they try to learn the original last names of their fathers.

Episode 4 • Apr 07, 2012

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick

What do husband and wife Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? Other than being famous Hollywood actors in their own right, they both also come from old abolitionist families. But that's just the beginning.

Episode 5 • Apr 14, 2012

Angela Buchdahl/Rick Warren/Yasir Qadhi

Family roots of Baptist evangelical Christian megachurch founder, pastor Rick Warren, Angela Buchdahl, the first Asian-American Rabbi, and American Muslim scholar Yasir Qadhi unearth a story about the spiritual foundations of America.

Episode 6 • Apr 21, 2012

Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal

Actors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal are textbook examples of Americans with a rich medley of European immigrant stories in their family trees.

Episode 7 • Apr 28, 2012

Samuel L. Jackson, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Simmons

Actor Samuel L. Jackson, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brown University president Ruth Simmons were all once second-class citizens in the Jim Crow south. Where in Africa do they come from and who are their white ancestors?

Episode 8 • May 05, 2012

Sanjay Gupta/Margaret Cho/Martha Stewart

Comedienne Margaret Cho, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and TV personality Martha Stewart are all children of first or second-generation immigrants and share the peculiar burdens of that heritage.

Episode 9 • May 12, 2012

John Legend/Wanda Sykes/Margarett Cooper

Musician John Legend and comedienne Wanda Sykes, as well as Professor Gates himself and his 98-year-old friend Margarett Cooper, discover the extraordinary stories of the free black ancestors they never knew about.

Episode 10 • May 19, 2012

Michelle Rodriguez/Adrian Grenier/Linda Chavez

Actress Michelle Rodriguez, actor Adrian Grenier and Republican analyst Linda Chavez all share Spanish colonial roots, yet each views their own identity very differently.

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