Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Slave Trade (Season 6, Episode 8)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Slave Trade (Season 6, Episode 8)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Clip show episode compiling three previous stories about people whose families' lives were forever changed in shocking and surprising ways by the slave trade: Ava DuVernay, S. Epatha Merkerson and Questlove.

Directors

Sabin Streeter | Krista Whetstone

Writer

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Producers

Prisca Pointdujour | Natalia Warchol

Composer

Michael Bacon (original music by)

Cinematographers

Jason Longo | Stephen McCarthy

Editor

Todd Goings

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 11, 2020

Release date

Feb 11, 2020 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
4 cast members

Name	Known for
Ava DuVernay Self Self See fewer	Queen Sugar (2016)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
S. Epatha Merkerson Self Self See fewer	Law & Order (1990)
Questlove Self (as Quest Love) Self (as Quest Love) See fewer	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)