Finding Your Roots
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- StarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.CeCe MooreAnita HillBefore the popularity of AncestryDNA, journalist and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. divulges the family trees of various celebrities, many times with stunning revelations.
- 2012– 53mTV-PG7.8 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorMuriel SoenensStarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.Stephen KingGloria ReubenHenry Louis Gates explores the paternal ancestry of famous horror novelist Stephen King, actress Gloria Reuben and actor Courtney B. Vance. Shocking discoveries are made.
- 2012– 53mTV-PG7.9 (32)TV EpisodeDirectorHazel GurlandStarsDeepak ChopraSally FieldHenry Louis Gates Jr.The ancestry of actress Sally Field, New Age guru Deepak Chopra and British rock star Sting reveals the extraordinary global influence of the British Empire during the 18th and early 19th century.
- 2012– 54mTV-PG8.0 (45)TV EpisodeStarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.Robert Downey Jr.Maggie GyllenhaalActors Robert Downey, Jr. and Maggie Gyllenhaal are textbook examples of Americans with a rich medley of European immigrant stories in their family trees.
- 2012– 54mTV-PG8.3 (40)TV EpisodeDirectorJesse SweetStarsHenry Louis Gates Jr.Samuel L. JacksonCondoleezza RiceActor Samuel L. Jackson, former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Brown University president Ruth Simmons were all once second-class citizens in the Jim Crow south. Where in Africa do they come from and who are their white ancestors?
- 2012– 52mTV-PG8.0 (67)TV EpisodeDirectorJamila WignotStarsLarry DavidBernie SandersComedian Larry David and leftist U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, whom David famously impersonated on Saturday Night Live (1975), learn about the horrors their ancestors faced. They also discover that they have more in common than they thought.
- 2012– 52mTV-PG8.1 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorJamila WignotStarsFred ArmisenCarly SimonChristopher WalkenIn an episode filled with incredible twists and turns, actor Christopher Walken, singer Carly Simon, and comedian Fred Armisen, each learn about a grandparent whose real identity and background had been a mystery to them.
- 2012– 52mTV-PG7.8 (42)TV EpisodeDirectorHazel GurlandStarsScarlett JohanssonOswald MosleyPaul RuddThree guests, actress Scarlett Johansson, comedian Paul Rudd and actor John Turturro, explore the tremendous challenges faced by their immigrant forebears.
- 2012– 52mTV-PG8.0 (48)TV EpisodeStarsBryant GumbelTonya Lewis LeeSuzanne MalveauxThree African-American guests, TV host Bryant Gumbel, producer Tonya Lewis-Lee and CNN journalist Suzanne Malveaux, delve deep into their family trees, discovering unexpected stories that challenge our assumptions about black history.
- 2012– 52mTV-PG8.2 (43)TV EpisodeDirectorHannah OlsonStarsAnthony HerreraGaby HoffmannTéa LeoniActresses Téa Leoni and Gaby Hoffman, two guests whose lives have been shaped by family mysteries, are introduced to biological ancestors they never knew they had thanks to genetic detective work.