| Edition |
Widescreen format. |
| Description |
1 DVD (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1; NTSC; stereo. |
| 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. |
| Credits |
Music, Michael Bacon. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
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. |
| 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. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- History.
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African Americans. |
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History. |
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African American families -- History.
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African American families. |
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African Americans -- Genealogy.
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African Americans -- Genealogy. |
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DNA fingerprinting.
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DNA fingerprinting. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary -- Feature.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Family histories.
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Family histories.
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| Added Author |
Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
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Grant, William (William R.)
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Kunhardt, Peter W.
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Judd, Graham.
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Farrell, Leslie D.
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Sweet, Jesse.
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Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
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Bacon, Michael, 1948-
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Winfrey, Oprah.
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Tucker, Chris, 1972-
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Jones, Quincy, 1933-
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Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944-
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Jemison, Mae, 1956-
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Jakes, T. D.
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Carson, Ben.
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Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
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Kunhardt Productions.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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PBS Home Video.
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Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Listening to our past.
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Promise of freedom.
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Searching for our names.
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Beyond the middle passage.
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| ISBN |
1415716943 |
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9781415716946 |
| Standard No. |
841887051798 |
| Music No. |
705179 PBS Home Video |
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