Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Anchormen (Season 9, Episode 9)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Anchormen (Season 9, Episode 9)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Henry L. Gates, Jr. introduces trail-blazing journalists Jim Acosta and Van Jones to the ancestors who blazed a trail for them, meeting runaway slaves and immigrant settlers who took enormous chances so that their descendants might thrive.

Director

Sabin Streeter

Writer

Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Producers

Kevin Burke | Matthew Cesario | Claire Hoffert | Natalia Warchol

Composer

Michael Bacon

Cinematographers

Simon Fanthorpe | Stephen McCarthy

Editor

Todd Goings

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 28, 2023

Release date

Mar 28, 2023 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 2 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
4 cast members

Name	Known for
Jim Acosta Self Self See fewer	House of Cards (2013)
Sterling K. Brown Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Black Panther (2018)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Van Jones Self Self See fewer	The Messy Truth with Van Jones (2016)