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Title:
African American lives [DVD]
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[DVD] / 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.
Edition:
Widescreen format.
Publication Information:
[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2006]
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781415716946
General Note:
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006.
Abstract:
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.
Reading Level:
Not rated.
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Added Title Contained Works:
Listening to our past.
Promise of freedom.
Searching for our names.
Beyond the middle passage.
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 Gandbhir -- 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.
Credits:
Music, Michael Bacon.
Performer:
Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg.
Technical Details:
DVD, region 1; NTSC; stereo.
Language:
Closed-captioned.