African American lives 2 [videorecording] / executive producers, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ... [et al.] ; written by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inkwell Films & Thirteen/WNET New York.
Host, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Originally broadcast on PBS in 2008. "Enhanced for 16x9 televisions" -- Container.
Contents:
The past is another country / producer/director, Graham Judd ; editor, Kate Hirson. A way out of no way / producer/director, Leslie Asako Gladsjø ; editor, Merril Stern -- We come from people / producer/director, Jesse Sweet ; editor, Ed Barteski -- The past is another country / producer/director, Graham Judd ; editor, Kate Hirson.
Summary:
Features Gates guiding eleven other African Americans on a search for their ancestry while exploring the history of African Americans from the Middle Passage and slavery to the early 20th century. Shows how genealogical investigations and DNA analysis help Maya Angelou, Bliss Broyard, Don Cheadle, Morgan Freeman, Peter Gomes, Kathleen Henderson, Linda Johnson Rice, Tom Joyner, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Chris Rock, Tina Turner, and Gates himself discover where they come from and who they are.
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