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Larger Than Life

Year

2025

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

1h 0m

Rating

TVPG

Performers

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Directed By

Sabin Streeter

Publication Information

PBS

Summary

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they've played on stage and screen. Moving from a naval base in the Philippines to a small-town bakery in Pennsylvania to steamships on the Atlantic Ocean, Lea and Amanda hear stories of relatives who survived wars, murders, and heart-wrenching ordeals.

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