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Finding Your Roots Season 1
2012
Presented and written by Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., this series journeys deep into the ancestry of a group of remarkable individuals and provides new understanding of personal identity and American history.
Directors
Caitlin McNally, Jack Youngelson, Jesse Sweet, John Maggio, Julia Marchesi, Sabin Streeter
Features
Henry Louis Gates
Supplier
PBS
In This Series

Harry Connick, Jr./Branford Marsalis

Cory Booker/John Lewis

Barbara Walters/Geoffrey Canada

Kevin Bacon/Kyra Sedgwick

Angela Buchdahl/Rick Warren/Yasir Qadhi

Maggie Gyllenhaal/Robert Downey, Jr.

Samuel L. Jackson/Condoleezza Rice/Ruth Simmons

Sanjay Gupta/Margaret Cho/Martha Stewart

John Legend/Wanda Sykes/Margarett Cooper

Michelle Rodriguez/Adrian Grenier/Linda Chavez