African American lives

Resource Information

The work African American lives represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Delaware County District Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

African American lives

Statement of responsibility

a film by Kunhardt Productions

Contributor

• PBS Home Video
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• trueCarson, Ben
• Farrell, Leslie D
• Gates, Henry Louis, Jr
• Gladsjo, Leslie Asako
• trueGoldberg, Whoopi, 1955-
• Grant, William, (William R)
• trueJakes, T. D
• trueJemison, Mae, 1956-
• trueJones, Quincy, 1933-
• Judd, Graham
• Kunhardt, Peter W
• trueLawrence-Lightfoot, Sara, 1944-
• Sweet, Jesse
• Tucker, Chris, 1972-
• Winfrey, Oprah
• Kunhardt Productions

Subject

• African American families -- History
• African Americans -- Genealogy
• African Americans -- History
• trueDNA fingerprinting
• Documentary television programs

Genre

• trueGenealogy
• Documentary television programs

Language

eng

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

Member of

• PBS

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Michael Bacon

Intended audience

Not Rated

Language note

Closed captioned

LC call number

RA1057.55

LC item number

.A375336 2006

PerformerNote

Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr.; features Oprah Winfrey, Chris Tucker, Quincy Jones, Sara-Lawrence-Lightfoot, Mae Jemison, T.D. Jakes, Ben Carson, Whoopi Goldberg

Runtime

240

Series statement

PBS

Target audience

general

Technique

live action