Who Do You Think You Are? Smokey Robinson (Season 9, Episode 6)
TV-PG
TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Who Do You Think You Are?

Smokey Robinson (Season 9, Episode 6)

TV-PG

TV Episode | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Motown legend and icon, Smokey Robinson tracks down a grandfather tangled in a swirl of controversy and connects to a relative's familiar struggle with oppression while coming face to face with the gruesome history he knew was inevitable.

Composers

Aaron Kaplan | Jeff Lippencott | Mark T. Williams

Cinematographer

Edgar Martin

Editor

Justin D. Robertson (as Justin Robertson)

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Edit Released

Updated Apr 9, 2017

Release date

Apr 9, 2017 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 6 nominations

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Ken Rogers Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy (2020)
Courteney Cox Self (credit only) Self (credit only) See fewer	Friends (1994)
Julie Bowen Self (credit only) Self (credit only) See fewer	Happy Gilmore (1996)
Smokey Robinson Self Self See fewer	Big Time (1977)
Jessica Biel Self (credit only) Self (credit only) See fewer	The Illusionist (2006)
Noah Wyle Self (credit only) Self (credit only) See fewer	ER (1994)
Jennifer Grey Self (credit only) Self (credit only) See fewer	Dirty Dancing (I) (1987)
Liv Tyler Self (credit only) Self (credit only) See fewer	Armageddon (1998)
John Stamos Self (credit only) Self (credit only) See fewer	Full House (1987)
Joseph Shumway Self - Genealogist Self - Genealogist See fewer	Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
Beverly G. Bond Self - African American History: University of Memphis (as Beverly G. Bond Ph.D.) Self - African American History: University of Memphis (as Beverly G. Bond Ph.D.) See fewer	Who Do You Think You Are? (2010)
Andre Johnson Self - Historia of the Black Church: University of Memphis (as Andre E. Johnson Ph.D.) Self - Historia of the Black Church: University of Memphis (as Andre E. Johnson Ph.D.) See fewer	The Yard (2018)
Tony Burroughs Self - Genealogist: The Center for Black Genealogy Self - Genealogist: The Center for Black Genealogy See fewer	African American Lives (2006)
Daina Ramey Berry Self - Associate Professor of History: University of Texas at Austin (as Daina Ramey Berry Ph.D.) Self - Associate Professor of History: University of Texas at Austin (as Daina Ramey Berry Ph.D.) See fewer	Washington (2020)