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2006

Format:	DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials
Title:	African American lives / a film by Kunhardt Productions ; a production of Kunhardt Productions, Inc. and Thirteen/ WNET New York.
Publisher, Date:	[Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Home Video, [2006] Hollywood, Calif. : Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Description:	1 videodisc (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. 4 3/4 in. digital optical stereo video file
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.
Target Audience Note:	Not rated.
Subjects:	DNA fingerprinting. African Americans -- Genealogy. African Americans -- History. African American families -- History.
Genre:	Documentary television programs. Films for the hearing impaired.
Other Author:	Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Grant, William (William R.) Kunhardt, Peter W. Judd, Graham. Farrell, Leslie D. Sweet, Jesse. Gladsjo, Leslie Asako. Winfrey, Oprah. Tucker, Chris, 1972- Jones, Quincy, 1933-2024 Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944- Jemison, Mae, 1956- Jakes, T. D. Carson, Ben. Goldberg, Whoopi, 1955- Kunhardt Productions. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) PBS Home Video. Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Notes:	Region 1; NTSC; stereo. Originally broadcast as a four-part television series in 2006. 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 ; music, Michael Bacon. Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. ; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg. DVD format. Closed-captioned.
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.
ISBN:	1415716943
Publisher or Distributor Number:	705179
Other Number:	64202237
System Availability:	3
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