African American Lives
by Graham Judd
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Director: Graham JuddBrand: PARAMOUNT PICTURES
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 240 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS Paramount
Movie Reviews of African American Lives
Movie Review: good production
Summary: 4 Stars
Quincy Jones and I are related, so I found this video to be very enlightening. It was a well done piece about African American heritage.
Summary of African American Lives
A compelling combination of storytelling and science AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIVES is an unprecedented four-hour series on PBS that takes Alex Haley's Roots saga to a whole new level. The series will profile some of the most accomplished African-Americans of our time using genealogy and DNA to trace their roots down through American history and back to Africa. Hosted by Henry Louis Gates Jr. W.E.B. Du Bois professor of the Humanities and chair of African and African-American Studies at Harvard UniversityDr. Gates will provide access to the day-to-day lives of several prominent African-Americans drawing on photographs film clips music and early personal records while a team of researchers genealogists and forensic DNA analysts will conduct investigations into their family histories. By spotlighting African-American role models the series hopes to inspire millions to consider their own heritage and underscore for all Americans the importance of knowing their past in order to unlock the future.System Requirements:Running Time 240 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: NR UPC: 841887051798 Manufacturer No: 705179Documentary DVD Video
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