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Additional authors

1. Judd, Graham.
2. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
3. Angelou, Maya.
4. Broyard, Bliss.
5. Cheadle, Don.
6. Freeman, Morgan.
7. Gomes, Pete.
8. Henderson, Kathleen.
9. Rice, Linda Johnson.
10. Joyner, Tom, 1949-
11. Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, 1962-
12. Rock, Chris.
13. Turner, Tina.
14. Youngelson, Jack.
15. Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
16. Sweet, Jesse.
17. Kunhardt Productions.
18. Inkwell Films.
19. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
20. PBS Home Video.
21. Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (ca. 240 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Gates returns as host to guide more notable African Americans on a search for their ancestry. 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 and Tina Turner discover where they come from and who they are.

Uniform title

1. African American lives (Television program)

Alternative title

1. African American lives two

Subject

1. Video recordings for the hearing impaired
2. African Americans > Biography
3. Nonfiction television programs
4. Documentary television programs
5. DNA fingerprinting
6. African Americans > History
7. Genealogy
8. Television programs

Genre/Form

1. Documentary television programs.
2. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
3. Nonfiction television programs.
4. Television programs.

Contents

1. Episode 1: The road home / produced and directed by Jack Youngelson ; editor, Sari Gilman -- Episode 2: A way out of no way / produced and directed by Leslie Asako Gladsjo ; editor, Merril Stern -- Episode 3: We come from people / produced and directed by Jesse Sweet ; editor, Ed Barteski, Jr. -- Episode 4: The past is another country / produced and directed by Graham Judd ; editor, Kate Hirson.

Call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1059

Note

1. Title from container.

Credits (note)

1. Original score, Michael Bacon.

Audience (note)

1. Not rated.

System details (note)

1. DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9,enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.

Language (note)

1. Closed-captioned.

Title

1. African American lives. 2/ a film by Kunhardt Productions, Inkwell Films and Thirteen/WNET New York ; senior producer, Graham Judd ; writer, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Imprint

1. [Arlington, VA] : PBS Home Video ; Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment, 2008.

System details

1. DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9,enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, NTSC.

Performer

1. Host, Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Credits

1. Original score, Michael Bacon.

Audience

1. Not rated.

Language

1. Closed-captioned.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Schomburg Moving Images and Recorded Sound

Added author

1. Judd, Graham.
2. Gates, Henry Louis, Jr.
3. Angelou, Maya.
4. Broyard, Bliss.
5. Cheadle, Don.
6. Freeman, Morgan.
7. Gomes, Pete.
8. Henderson, Kathleen.
9. Rice, Linda Johnson.
10. Joyner, Tom, 1949-
11. Joyner-Kersee, Jacqueline, 1962-
12. Rock, Chris.
13. Turner, Tina.
14. Youngelson, Jack.
15. Gladsjo, Leslie Asako.
16. Sweet, Jesse.
17. Kunhardt Productions.
18. Inkwell Films.
19. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
20. PBS Home Video.
21. Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)

Added title

1. African American lives (Television program)

Other standard identifier

1. 841887052320
2. 00841887052320

Publisher no.

1. 705232 PBS Home Video

ISBN

1. 1415738505
2. 9781415738504

Research call number

1. Sc Visual DVD-1059