AFRICAN AMERICAN LIVES - DVD-DOCUMENTARY (PBS)

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: Eminent Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. uses revolutionary breakthroughs in genealogical research and DNA analysis to take eight prominent African Americans on once-unimaginable journeys into their past - tracing their family sagas down through U.S. history and even back to Africa.; ; On this epic adventure, Gates is joined by neurosurgeon Ben Carson, actress Whoopi Goldberg, Bishop T.D. Jakes, astronaut Mae Jemison, musician/produce Quincy Jones, sociologist Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot, comedian/actor Chris Tucker and TV pioneer/philanthropist Oprah Winfrey.; ; Listening to Our Past:; ; Gates' search for roots begins in the present and moves back through the tumultuous changes of the 20th century.; ; Searching for Our Names:; ; Gates unearths records that help his guests discover their unknown ancestors during the darkest hour of African American history - slavery.; ; The Promise of Freedom:; ; Gates makes dramatic discoveries about how his guests' ancestors rebuilt their lives and families in the first years of freedom after the Civil War.; ; Beyond the Middle Passage:; ; Gates uses groundbreaking DNA analysis to discover more about his guests' American ancestry - and to rediscover their roots in Africa.;
• Cast: Benjamin Carson Sr., Henry Louis Gates, Whoopi Goldberg, T.D. Jakes, Mae C. Jemison, Quincy Jones, Chris Tucker, Oprah Winfrey, Jane Ailes, Ira Berlin, Henry Louis Gates Sr., Helen Gates Stephens, James Horton, Leslie Asako Gladsjo, Graham Judd, Jesse Sweet, Leslie D. Farrell, Jack Youngelson
• Director: Leslie Asako Gladsjo
• Runtime: 4:00
• Company: WNET New York, PBS Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment
• Media Format: Series