Faces of America(2010)
Documentary
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First Air Date: 2010-02-10
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 4
Faces of America is a four-part Public Broadcasting Service Public television television series hosted by Professor Henry Louis Gates. The series originally aired February 10 – March 3, 2010 from 8–9 p.m. ET. In Australia, this program aired on SBS One each Sunday at 7:30pm from 9 -30 January 2011. It uses genealogical research and genetics to find the family history of 12 Americans: Elizabeth Alexander, Mario Batali, Stephen Colbert, Louise Erdrich, Malcolm Gladwell, Eva Longoria, Yo-Yo Ma, Mike Nichols, Queen Noor of Jordan, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Meryl Streep, and Kristi Yamaguchi. In the series finale, Gates explored the emerging use of full genome sequencing to understand personal ancestry and health, by learning what might be inferred from his whole genome sequence, and that of his father, through in-depth analysis by a personal genomics company and the Broad Institute. In 2012, PBS aired another miniseries entitled Finding Your Roots also examining questions of genealogy and genetics, and hosted by Gates.
Keywords
miniseries
Seasons & Episodes
Miniseries
Episodes: 4E01
Our American Stories
Air Date: 2010-02-10
Director Mike Nichols' family escapes Nazi Germany; Japanese Americans were imprisoned, including forebears of skater...
E02
Becoming American
Air Date: 2010-02-17
Becoming American explores the many journeys to becoming American that defined the “Century of Immigration” (1820s – ...
E03
Making America
Air Date: 2010-02-24
Making America tells the story of the peopling of the New World, of how land came to define the settling and identity...
E04
Know Thyself
Air Date: 2010-03-03
Know Thyself takes up the search for the guests’ ancestries where the historical record leaves off and links their di...
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