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Finding Your Roots

Finding Your Roots (2012)★ 8.7/10

TV-PG · US · 53 min · March 25, 2012 · 12 seasons

  • Documentary
  • History
  • Mystery
  • Biography

Directed by: Sabin Streeter, Krista Whetstone, Hazel Gurland, Jesse Sweet, Josh Gleason

Written by: Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Before the popularity of AncestryDNA, journalist and cultural critic Henry Louis Gates, Jr. divulges the family trees of various celebrities, many times with stunning revelations.

Directed by

Sabin StreeterKrista WhetstoneHazel GurlandJesse SweetJosh GleasonMuriel SoenensJamila WignotPhil BertelsenHannah OlsonLindsey MegrueNatalia Warchol

Written by

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Cast & crew

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BrownSelf - GuestQueen LatifahSelf - GuestJim AcostaSelfSharon StoneSelf - GuestKate BurtonSelf - GuestDelroy LindoSelfMaggie GyllenhaalSelf - GuestKyra SedgwickSelf - GuestWanda SykesSelf - GuestBranford MarsalisSelf - GuestEric StonestreetSelf - GuestMarina AbramovicSelf - GuestMarco RubioSelf - GuestJoe MadisonSelf - GuestJeffrey WrightSelf - GuestSasheer ZamataSelf - GuestVan JonesSelfChrissy TeigenSelf - GuestLiza Colón-ZayasSelfBarry DillerSelf - GuestMargarett CooperSelf - GuestTulsi GabbardSelf - GuestJon BatisteSelf - GuestSamuel L. JacksonSelfMichelle RodriguezSelfAdrian GrenierSelfMargaret ChoSelfRobert Downey Sr.Self - Robert's FatherMartha StewartSelfNaomi FonerSelf - Maggie's MotherBarbara WaltersSelfMichael BaconSelf - Kevin's BrotherCondoleezza RiceSelfSanjay GuptaSelfJohn LewisSelfGeoffrey CanadaSelfEllis MarsalisSelf - Branford's FatherRuth SimmonsSelfRick WarrenSelfJohn SedgwickSelf - Kyra's UncleLinda ChavezSelfRonald Lamar StephensSelf - John's FatherAngela Warnick BuchdahlSelfPaul FinkelmanSelf - Expert on Slave Era Law, Albany Law SchoolJohni CernySelf - GenealogistPeter DrummeySelf - Head Researcher, Massachusetts Historical SocietyYasir QadhiSelfSusan O'DonovanSelf - Historian, University of MemphisEva Sheppard WolfSelf - Historian, San Francisco State UniversityWalter JohnsonSelf - Historian, HarvardDelores MarsalisSelf - Branford's MotherHenry Dwight SedgwickSelf - Kyra's FatherDavid DeskinsSelf - ResearcherJames L. HaleSelf - Author and John's CousinGreg OsbornSelf - Researcher, New Orleans Public LibraryArt GreenSelf - Civil War Historian, Mobile, AlabamaBen AffleckSelfJessica AlbaSelfStephen KingSelfGloria ReubenSelfCourtney B. VanceSelfKhandi AlexanderSelfKen BurnsSelfAnna Deavere SmithSelfCarole KingSelfDavid SedarisSelfBillie Jean KingSelfDeepak ChopraSelfMing TsaiSelfRebecca LoboSelfDeval PatrickSelfBen JealousSelfPatricia ArquetteSelf - IntervieweeDustin HoffmanSelf - ActorJulianna MarguliesSelf - ActressNeil Patrick HarrisSelfLL Cool JSelfKeenen Ivory WayansSelfGloria SteinemSelfShonda RhimesSelfSean 'Diddy' CombsSelfBill MaherSelfDavid BurtkaSelfNorman LearSelfRichard BransonSelfBill O'ReillySelfJohn McCainSelf - IntervieweeLidia BastianichSelf - ChefDonna BrazileSelfFrank GehrySelfAzar NafisiSelf - AuthorSandra CisnerosSelfMaya LinSelfKara WalkerSelfScarlett JohanssonSelf - GuestPaul RuddSelfChristopher WalkenSelfMary SteenburgenSelfGaby HoffmannSelfTéa LeoniSelfWilliam H. MacySelfLupita Nyong'oSelfTed DansonSelfLarry DavidSelfAziz AnsariSelfFred ArmisenSelfAmy SchumerSelfCarly SimonSelfPhil McGrawSelfBernie SandersSelfBryant GumbelSelfTonya Lewis LeeSelfJanet MockSelfAna NavarroSelfCarmelo AnthonySelfTa-Nehisi CoatesSelfCharlayne Hunter-GaultSelfSuzanne MalveauxSelfChloë SevignySelfAndy SambergSelfMichael Kenneth WilliamsSelfAnjelica HustonSelf - GuestKal PennSelfFelicity HuffmanSelfIsabella RosselliniSelf - GuestSarah SilvermanSelfMichael MooreSelfTig NotaroSelfGeorge R.R. MartinSelfSeth MeyersSelfMichael StrahanSelfChristiane AmanpourSelfAnn CurrySelfSheryl SandbergSelfSigourney WeaverSelfSteve CarellMichael ScottJeff GoldblumSelfAmy RyanSelfJustina MachadoSelfMarc MaronSelfRuPaulSelfTerry GrossSelfDiane von FürstenbergSelfNarciso RodríguezSelfFrancis CollinsSelfHarold VarmusSelfShirley Ann JacksonSelfJordan PeeleSelfJohn LithgowSelfGlenn CloseSelfMandy PatinkinSelfChristopher MeloniSelfTony ShalhoubSelfJane LynchSelfJohn WatersSelfIssa RaeSelfAudra McDonaldSelfJim GaffiganSelfLewis BlackSelfKasi LemmonsSelfPharrell WilliamsSelfAndy CohenSelfRoy Wood Jr.SelfNorah O'DonnellSelfRosanne CashSelfGayle KingSelfClint BlackSelfNancy PelosiSelfDon LemonSelfGretchen CarlsonSelfZac PosenSelfNina TotenbergSelfHenry Louis Gates Sr.SelfMaria HinojosaSelfJohn LeguizamoSelfKathryn HahnSelfRebecca HallSelfTerry CrewsSelfPamela AdlonSelfNathan LaneSelfLeslie Odom Jr.SelfTony DanzaSelfRaúl EsparzaSelfMario LopezSelfLee DanielsSelfDavid ChangSelfAndré Leon TalleySelfDavid ChangSelfNathan LaneSelfMario LopezSelfEdward NortonSelfJulia RobertsSelfClaire DanesSelfBrian CoxSelfJeff DanielsSelfDavid DuchovnySelfKieran CulkinSelfBilly CrudupSelfDanny TrejoSelfViola DavisSelfRichard KindSelfJamie ChungSelfJoe ManganielloSelfTamera Mowry-HousleySelfCarol BurnettSelfNiecy NashSelfCyndi LauperSelfTony GonzalezSelfAngela DavisSelfJeh JohnsonSelfBrendan FraserSelfBob OdenkirkSelfMichael DouglasSelfAnthony RamosSelfEd O'NeillSelfLena DunhamSelfJesse WilliamsSelfLeVar BurtonSelfDanielle BrooksSelfWes StudiSelfValerie BertinelliSelfTracy MorganSelfIliza ShlesingerSelfAlanis MorissetteSelfCiaraSelfDionne WarwickSelfSunny HostinSelfSammy HagarSelfJoyce WillisSelfMegan RobertsonSelfTerrie MorrowSelfAmanda SeyfriedSelf - GuestMelanie LynskeySelfKristen BellSelf - GuestLaurence FishburneSelf - GuestMichael ImperioliSelf - GuestSheryl Lee RalphSelf - GuestDax ShepardSelf - GuestDebra MessingSelfLea SalongaSelf - GuestRubén BladesSelf - GuestJoy BeharSelf - GuestAmy TanSelf - GuestJosé AndrésSelf - GuestLonnie BunchSelf - GuestSean ShermanSelf - GuestNatalie MoralesSelf - GuestRita DoveSelf - GuestLizzy CaplanSelfSpike LeeSelfDanielle DeadwylerSelfAmerica FerreraSelfTracy LettsSelfKristin ChenowethSelfSanaa LathanSelfDarren CrissSelfFleaSelfHasan MinhajSelfRhiannon GiddensSelfLizzoSelfSara HainesSelfWiz KhalifaSelfChris PaulSelfBrittney GrinerSelfKing Charles IIISelf (uncredited)