African American lives

a film by Kunhardt Productions ; executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., William R. Grant, Peter W. Kunhardt ; written by Henry Louis Gates. Jr. ; series producers, Graham Judd, Leslie D. Farrell ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
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Resource Type:
Video
Publication:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2006]
Edition:
Widescreen format
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Availability

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E185.96 .A4463x 2006 DVD

Details

Sound characteristics:
  • digital
  • optical
  • stereo
Digital file characteristics:
  • video file
  • DVD video
  • region 1
Video characteristics:
NTSC
Note:
  • DVD; Region 1; NTSC; stereo.
  • Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
  • Music, Michael Bacon.
  • Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
  • Closed-captioned.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
A compelling combination of storytelling and science, this four-part 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.
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Genre:
ISBN:
  • 9781415716946
  • 1415716943
Publication Number:
705179 PBS Home Video
LC Classification:
E185.96 .A4463x 2006
Catalog Record ID:
991011967769703811
Language:
English
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