Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Hard Times (Season 5, Episode 8)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Hard Times (Season 5, Episode 8)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore and actresses Laura Linney and Chloë Sevigny learn the tragic truth about their ancestors' hardships including imprisonment, generational family trauma and child marriage.

Directors

Sabin Streeter | Krista Whetstone

Producer

Prisca Pointdujour

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Edit Released

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Release date

Feb 26, 2019 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

2 nominations

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) Self - Host (as Henry Louis Gates) See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Laura Linney Self Self See fewer	The Big C (2010)
Michael Moore Self Self See fewer	Bowling for Columbine (2002)
Chloë Sevigny Self Self See fewer	We Are Who We Are (2020)