Culture

Finding Your Roots

For more than a decade, renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has helped to expand America’s sense of itself, stimulating a national conversation about identity with humor, wisdom, and compassion. Professor Gates has explored the ancestry of dozens of influential people from diverse backgrounds, taking millions of viewers deep into the past to reveal the connections that bind us all.

La Famiglia

52m 10s

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of talk show host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli—two Americans whose roots stretch back to small towns in Calabria, Italy. Joy and Michael’s families lived in these towns for centuries, but their stories were lost on the journey to America. Gates reveals the challenges that their ancestors faced—and overcame—on both sides of the Atlantic.

Episodes

  • La Famiglia: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    La Famiglia

    S11 E2 - 52m 10s

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family trees of talk show host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli—two Americans whose roots stretch back to small towns in Calabria, Italy. Joy and Michael’s families lived in these towns for centuries, but their stories were lost on the journey to America. Gates reveals the challenges that their ancestors faced—and overcame—on both sides of the Atlantic.

  • Larger Than Life: asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Larger Than Life

    S11 E1 - 52m 10s

    Henry Louis Gates, Jr. introduces actors Lea Salonga and Amanda Seyfried to ancestors who are every bit as dramatic as the characters they’ve played on stage and screen. Moving from a naval base in the Philippines to a small town bakery in Pennsylvania to steamships on the Atlantic Ocean, Lea and Amanda hear stories of relatives who survived wars, murders, and heart-wrenching ordeals.

Schedule

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    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Wednesday
    Jan 15

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Wednesday
    Jan 15

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Wednesday
    Jan 15

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Wednesday
    Jan 15

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Saturday
    Jan 18

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
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    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Saturday
    Jan 18

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Saturday
    Jan 18

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Sunday
    Jan 19

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Sunday
    Jan 19

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Sunday
    Jan 19

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Monday
    Jan 20

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Monday
    Jan 20

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Monday
    Jan 20

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    La Famiglia

    Monday
    Jan 20

    1 Hour

    Exploring the Italian roots of television host Joy Behar and actor Michael Imperioli.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    Stranger Than Fiction

    Tuesday
    Jan 21

    1 Hour

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    Stranger Than Fiction

    Tuesday
    Jan 21

    1 Hour

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    Stranger Than Fiction

    Wednesday
    Jan 22

    1 Hour

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    Stranger Than Fiction

    Wednesday
    Jan 22

    1 Hour

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    Stranger Than Fiction

    Wednesday
    Jan 22

    1 Hour

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.
  • Image
    Finding Your Roots With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.: TVSS: Banner-L1

    Finding Your Roots

    Stranger Than Fiction

    Wednesday
    Jan 22

    1 Hour

    Traveling across China and the American South to reveal the ancestry of novelist Amy Tan and poet Rita Dove.

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