Faces of America, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., PBS ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions and Inkwell Films in association with Ark Media ; written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; senior producers, Barak Goodman and Sue Williams ; a production of Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films and THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG
Type
Label
Faces of America, with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., PBS ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions and Inkwell Films in association with Ark Media ; written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; senior producers, Barak Goodman and Sue Williams ; a production of Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films and THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Faces of America
Oclc number
516446427
Responsibility statement
PBS ; a film by Kunhardt McGee Productions and Inkwell Films in association with Ark Media ; written by Henry Louis Gates Jr. ; senior producers, Barak Goodman and Sue Williams ; a production of Kunhardt McGee Productions, Inkwell Films and THIRTEEN for WNET.ORG
Runtime
240
Sub title
with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Summary
Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. uses the latest tools of genealogy and genetics to explore the family histories of eleven celebrities, including Meryl Streep and Queen Noor. Looking to the wider immigrant experience, Professor Gates follows the threads of his guests' lives back to their origins
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
Genre
Subject
- Colbert, Stephen, 1964-
- Noor, Queen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan, 1951-
- Documentary television programs
- Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Erdrich, Louise
- Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Case studies
- Oz, Mehmet, 1960-
- Yamaguchi, Kristi
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Genealogy
- United States -- Biography
- Streep, Meryl
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Nichols, Mike
- Families + History
- Batali, Mario
- Longoria, Eva, 1975-
- Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Nonfiction television programs
Content
resource.host
Producer
resource.screenwriter
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor11
- Genre4
- Subject22
- Colbert, Stephen, 1964-
- Noor, Queen, consort of Hussein, King of Jordan, 1951-
- Documentary television programs
- Ma, Yo-Yo, 1955-
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History
- Erdrich, Louise
- Gladwell, Malcolm, 1963-
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Case studies
- Oz, Mehmet, 1960-
- Yamaguchi, Kristi
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- United States -- Genealogy
- United States -- Biography
- Streep, Meryl
- Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
- Nichols, Mike
- Families + History
- Batali, Mario
- Longoria, Eva, 1975-
- Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962-
- Immigrants -- United States -- Biography
- Nonfiction television programs
- Content1
- Director5
- resource.host1
- Producer6
- resource.screenwriter1
- Mapped to1