African American Lives
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Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Listening to our past / producer and director, Jesse Sweet; editors, Eric Davis, Michael Weingrad -- The promise of freedom / producer and director, Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editors, Joanna Kiernan, Geeta Gandbhr -- Searching for our names / producer and director, Leslie D. Farrell; editors, Merril Stern, Kathryn Moore -- Beyond the middle passage / producer and director, Graham Judd; editors, Kate Hirson, Stefan Knerrich.
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this series uses genealogy, oral histories, family stories and DNA to trace roots of several accomplished African Americans down through American history and back to Africa.
DVD, region 1; NTSC; stereo;widescreen.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
Closed-captioned.
PUBLISHED
Hollywood, Calif. : distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2006]
Year Published: 2006
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1415716943
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Gates, Henry Louis.
Grant, William
Kunhardt, Peter W.
Judd, Graham.
Farrell, Leslie D.
Sweet, Jesse.
Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
Winfrey, Oprah.
Tucker, Chris, 1972-
Jones, Quincy, 1933-
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944-
Jemison, Mae, 1956-
Jakes, T. D.
Carson, Ben.
Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950-
Kunhardt Productions.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- History.
African American families -- History.
African Americans -- Genealogy.
DNA fingerprinting.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Documentary -- Feature.