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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Finding your roots (Television program). Season 1.

Title:

Finding your roots. Season 1 / 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.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2012]

Description:

3 videodiscs (600 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

DVD video 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

videodisc

laser optical NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

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.

Target Audience Note:

Rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Connick, Harry, Jr., 1967- -- Family.

Marsalis, Branford -- Family.

Lewis, John, 1940-2020 -- Family.

Booker, Cory -- Family.

Walters, Barbara, 1929-2022 -- Family.

Canada, Geoffrey -- Family.

Bacon, Kevin, 1958- -- Family.

Sedgwick, Kyra -- Family.

Buchdahl, Angela -- Family.

Warren, Rick, 1954- -- Family.

Qadhi, Yasir, 1975- -- Family.

Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 1977- -- Family.

Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965- -- Family.

Jackson, Samuel L. -- Family.

Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- -- Family.

Simmons, Ruth, 1945- -- Family.

Gupta, Sanjay, 1969- -- Family.

Cho, Margaret -- Family.

Stewart, Martha -- Family.

Legend, John -- Family.

Sykes, Wanda, 1964- -- Family.

Cooper, Margarett -- Family.

Rodriguez, Michelle -- Family.

Grenier, Adrian, 1976- -- Family.

Chavez, Linda -- Family.

Celebrities -- United States -- Genealogy.

Genealogy.

United States -- Genealogy.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., host, television producer, screenwriter.

Maggio, John, television director, television producer.

Bomse, Seth, editor of moving image work.

Bacon, Michael, 1948- composer (expression)

Russell, Samuel Z., director of photography.

McCarthy, Stephen (Cinematographer), director of photography.

Connick, Harry, Jr., 1967- on-screen participant.

Marsalis, Branford, on-screen participant.

Lewis, John, 1940-2020, on-screen participant.

Booker, Cory, on-screen participant.

Walters, Barbara, 1929- on-screen participant.

Canada, Geoffrey, on-screen participant.

Bacon, Kevin, 1958- on-screen participant.

Sedgwick, Kyra, on-screen participant.

Buchdahl, Angela, on-screen participant.

Warren, Rick, 1954- on-screen participant.

Qadhi, Yasir, 1975- on-screen participant.

Gyllenhaal, Maggie, 1977- on-screen participant.

Downey, Robert, Jr., 1965- on-screen participant.

Jackson, Samuel L., on-screen participant.

Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- on-screen participant.

Simmons, Ruth, 1945- on-screen participant.

Gupta, Sanjay, 1969- on-screen participant.

Cho, Margaret, on-screen participant.

Stewart, Martha, on-screen participant.

Legend, John, on-screen participant.

Sykes, Wanda, 1964- on-screen participant.

Cooper, Margarett, on-screen participant.

Rodriguez, Michelle, on-screen participant.

Grenier, Adrian, 1976- on-screen participant.

Chavez, Linda, on-screen participant.

PBS Home Video.

Kunhardt McGee Productions.

Inkwell Films (Firm)

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Notes:

Music, Michael Bacon ; editor, Seth Bomse ; directors of photography, Samuel Russell, Stephen McCarthy.

With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

DVD; NTSC, region 1; stereo; widescreen presentation.

Performance rights: HOME: home use only.

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).

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.

LCCN:

2019600689

ISBN:

9781608836574

1608836576

9781608836574 : DVD

1608836576 : DVD

Publisher Number:

FIYO600

Other Number:

794940342

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

1005898

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

DVD 929.1 Finding