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Latin Roots

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. helps musician Rubén Blades and journalist Natalie Morales uncover their roots in Latin America, revealing secrets their ancestors went to great lengths to conceal. Traveling from Puerto Rico to Colombia to Brazil, Gates and his guests recover long-lost family stories--meet heroes and villains--and celebrate the virtue of accepting one's relatives, whoever they may be.

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