Hard Times
finding your roots

Host Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the family stories of filmmaker Michael Moore and actors Laura Linney and Chloe Sevigny -- three people whose distant ancestors overcame great hardships in ways that resonate with their lives today.

Episode Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 508

About Finding Your Roots:

Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

is the 12th and latest series from the renowned cultural critic and Harvard scholar.

In this 10-part series, Professor Gates continues the quest he begun in African American Lives 1 and 2 and Faces of America delving into the genealogy and genetics of an all new group of famous Americans.

The series combines history and science in a fascinating exploration of race, family, and identity in today's America.

Each hour features a different pair of celebrity guests, who are bound together by an intimate, sometimes hidden link, whether it be as old friends, through long-lost relatives, or even through a common ancestral past.


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Sun, Sep 24 5:00 P.M. Far from Home     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Sep 24 9:00 P.M. Far from Home     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Sep 25 1:00 A.M. Far from Home     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Sep 25 9:00 A.M. Far from Home     NH World (11.3)
Tue, Sep 26 8:00 P.M. Rising from the Ashes     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Sep 27 12:00 A.M. Rising from the Ashes     NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, Sep 27 12:00 P.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, Sep 28 2:00 P.M. Rising from the Ashes     NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Sep 29 8:00 P.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Sep 30 12:00 A.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Sep 30 7:00 P.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Oct 1 12:00 A.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, Oct 1 5:00 P.M. Rising from the Ashes     NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, Oct 1 9:00 P.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Oct 2 1:00 A.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH World (11.3)
Mon, Oct 2 9:00 A.M. Rising from the Ashes     NH World (11.3)


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