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| Title: | African American lives [videorecording] / 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. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Published: | [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, [2006] |
| Publisher No.: | 705179 PBS Home Video |
| ISBN: | 1415716943 |
| System: | DVD ; widescreen format ; NTSC; stereo. |
| Language Note: | Closed-captioned. |
| Credits: | Music, Michael Bacon. |
| Performer(s): | Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg. |
| 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. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Notes: | Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006. |
| Subject(s): | African Americans History. African American families History. African Americans Genealogy. DNA fingerprinting. Documentary television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Other Author(s): | Gates, Henry Louis. Grant, William (William R.) Kunhardt, Peter W. Judd, Graham. Farrell, Leslie D. Sweet, Jesse. Gladsjo, Leslie Asako. Winfrey, Oprah. Tucker, Chris, 1972- Jones, Quincy, 1933- Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944- Jemison, Mae, 1956- Jakes, T. D. Carson, Ben. Goldberg, Whoopi, 1950- |
| Kunhardt Productions. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) PBS Home Video. Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm) | |
| Location(s): | copy 1 Bailey/Howe Media Resources (videodisc) (Ground Floor) |
| Call Number: | DVD 4057 |
| Notes: | CAMPUS USE INSTRUCTIONAL |
| Status: | Not Charged Check Shelf |