African American Lives - Production & Contact Info

African American Lives (2006–2008)
TV-PG
TV Series | 54 min | Documentary, History

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African American Lives (2006–2008)

TV-PG

TV Series | 54 min | Documentary, History

This 4 part PBS series attempts to trace the roots of 8 guests using genealogy, oral history, family stories, and DNA analysis.

Seasons

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Directors

Leslie Asako Gladsjo | Leslie D. Farrell | Graham Judd | Jesse Sweet

Writers

Shebana Coelho | Henry Louis Gates Jr. (writer) (as Henry Louis Gates) | Kelly Quinn

Producers

Mike Berk (producer) | Philip Kunhardt III (producer) | Catarina Serrao/Mundo (producer) | Ben Spivak (producer) & 5 more

Composer

Michael Bacon

Cinematographers

Henry Adebonojo | Jeff Baynes | John Chater | Joe Friedman & 3 more

Editors

Michael Weingrad | Stefan Knerrich | Mark Sutton | Eric Davies & 5 more

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Updated Feb 1, 2006

Release date (First episode)

Feb 1, 2006 (United States)

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29 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Whoopi Goldberg Self Self See fewer	4	Ghost (1990)
Chris Tucker Self Self See fewer	4	Rush Hour (1998)
Oprah Winfrey Self Self See fewer	4	The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
Quincy Jones Self Self See fewer	4	The Color Purple (1985)
T.D. Jakes Self Self See fewer	4	Jumping the Broom (2011)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self (as Henry Louis Gates) Self (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	4	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Mae C. Jemison Self Self See fewer	4	Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Ben Carson Self (as Benjamin Carson Sr.) Self (as Benjamin Carson Sr.) See fewer	4	Stuck on You (2003)
Pamela Arkin Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	4	African American Lives (2006)
Mike Wiley Self (voice) Self (voice) See fewer	4	African American Lives (2006)
James Horton Self Self See fewer	2	Our World (1986)
Ira Berlin Self Self See fewer	2	A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982)
Henry Louis Gates Sr. Self Self See fewer	2	Finding Your Roots (2012)
Jane Ailes Self Self See fewer	2	African American Lives 2 (2008)
Helen Gates Stephens Self Self See fewer	2	African American Lives (2006)
Reginald Washington Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)
Johni Cerny Self Self See fewer	1	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Tony Burroughs Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives 2 (2008)
Joel Buchanan Self Self See fewer	1	Endure (2010)
Susan O'Donovan Self Self See fewer	1	The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (2013)
Rick Kittles Self Self See fewer	1	60 Minutes (1968)
Leslie Rowland Self Self See fewer	1	Lovers and Liars (1998)
Daryl Cumber Dance Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)
Jeff T. Giambrone Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)
Richard Bowman Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)
Hoover Jakes Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)
Sonya Copeland Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)
John Gates Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)
Jim Powell Jr. Self Self See fewer	1	African American Lives (2006)