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Finding My Roots

Year

2025

Language

ENGLISH

Duration

1h 0m

Rating

TVPG

Performers

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Directed By

Sabin Streeter

Publication Information

PBS

Summary

In a unique and highly emotional episode, actor Laurence Fishburne is joined by scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.--who finds himself a guest on his own show for the first time. Both men have been haunted by profound family mysteries for years. Cutting-edge DNA detective work will solve those mysteries--introducing Laurence and Henry to ancestors whose names they have longed to hear.

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