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Finding your roots

Finding your roots

DVD 2012

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...

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ISBN:
9781608836574
1608836576
Description:
3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
stereo
video file
DVD video
Notes:
RPL: Public performance rights included
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired
With Henry Louis Gates, Jr
Contents:
[Disc 1]. Harry Connick, Jr./Branford Marsalis
Cory Booker/John Lewis
Barbara Walters/Geoffrey Canada
Kevin Bacon/Kyra Sedgwick
[Disc 2]. Angela Buchdahl/Rick Warren/Yasir Qadhi
Maggie Gyllenhaal/Robert Downey, Jr.
Samuel L. Jackson/Condoleezza Rice/Ruth Simmons
[Disc 3]. Sanjay Gupta/Margaret Cho/Martha Stuart
John Legend/Wanda Sykes/Margarett Cooper
Michelle Rodriguez/Adrian Grenier/Linda Chavez
Control Number:
905786
UPC:
841887016605
Other Authors:
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
Inkwell Films (Firm)
Kunhardt McGee Productions
PBS Home Video
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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