Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Uniform Title:

Finding your roots (Television program). Season 7.

Title:

Finding your roots. Season 7 / a production of McGee Media, Inkwell Media, Kunhardt Films and WETA Washington, D.C. ; directed by Sabin Streeter, Krista Whetstone ; produced by Sabin Streeter, Natalia Warchol, Jenny Sorin, Elizabeth Woller Wilson, Kevin Burke, Jsoh Gleason, Prisca Pointdujour.

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher, Date:

[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2021]

[Arlington, Virginia] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2021]

Description:

3 videodiscs (approx. 8.5 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1

Summary:

Renowned scholar Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. returns for a new season. Using genealogical detective work and cutting-edge DNA analysis, Gates guides influential guests deep into the branches of their family trees, revealing surprising stories of love, hardship, and triumph that transcend borders and merge to form an American root system fortified by its diversity.

Target Audience Note:

TV Parental Guidelines rating: TV-PG (parental guidance suggeted; this program contains material that parents may find unsuitable for younger children).

Subjects:

Celebrities -- United States -- Genealogy.

Families -- History.

Genealogy.

United States -- Genealogy.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Biographical television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., host.

Streeter, Sabin, television director, television producer.

Whetstone, Krista, television director.

Warchol, Natalia, television producer.

Sorin, Jennifer, television producer.

Wilson, Elizabeth Woller, television producer.

Burke, Kevin M., television producer.

Gleason, Josh, television producer.

Pointdujour, Prisca, television producer.

Close, Glenn, 1947- on-screen participant.

Lithgow, John, 1945- on-screen participant.

Lynch, Jane, 1960- on-screen participant.

Meloni, Christopher, on-screen participant.

Shalhoub, Tony, 1953- on-screen participant.

McDonald, Audra, on-screen participant.

Patinkin, Mandy, on-screen participant.

Lemmons, Kasi, on-screen participant.

Waters, John, 1946- on-screen participant.

Cohen, Andy, 1968- on-screen participant.

Carlson, Gretchen, 1966- on-screen participant.

Hinojosa, Maria, 1961- on-screen participant.

Lemon, Don, 1966- on-screen participant.

Totenberg, Nina, on-screen participant.

Black, Lewis, 1948- on-screen participant.

Gaffigan, Jim, on-screen participant.

Wood, Roy, Jr, on-screen participant.

Black, Clint, on-screen participant.

Cash, Rosanne, on-screen participant.

Williams, Pharrell, on-screen participant.

Bacon, Michael, 1948- composer.

McGee Media (Firm), production company.

Inkwell Media, production company.

Kunhardt Films (Firm), production company.

WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.), production company.

Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), publisher.

PBS Distribution (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Documentary.

"SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing) are a function of the disc and serve the same purpose as closed captions."

Title from container.

Originally produced as Season 7 of the television series: Finding your roots.

Wide screen (16x9).

Original music, Michael Bacon.

Host, Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; featuring Glen Close, John Lithgow, Jane Lynch, Christopher Meloni, Tony Shalhoub, Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin, Kasi Lemmons, John Waters, Andy Cohen, Gretchen Carlson, Maria Hinojosa, Don Lemmon, Nina Totenberg, Lewis Black, Jim Gaffigan, Roy Wood, Jr., Clint Black, Rosanne Cash, Pharrell Williams.

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

In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).

Contents:

To the manner born (Glen Close, John Waters) -- Against all odds (Andy Cohen, Nina Totenberg) -- No Irish need apply (Jane Lynch, Jim Gaffigan) -- The shirts off their backs (Christopher Meloni, Tony Shalhoub) -- Write my name in the book of life (Pharrell Williams, Kasi Lemmons) -- Country roots (Clint Black, Rosanne Cash) -- The new world (John Lithgow, Maria Hinojosa) -- On broadway (Audra McDonald, Mandy Patinkin) -- Anchored in the past (Don Lemmon, Gretchen Carlson).

ISBN:

9781531713300

1531713300

Publisher Number:

FIYO6700

Other Number:

1249979166

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

913274

# Local items in:

0

# System items in:

0

Call Number:

DVD 929.1 Finding