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.

Duration: 56 minutes and 46 seconds

Episode Number: 508

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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.

Watch Finding Your Roots - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Brendan Fraser's Austrian Ancestry Revealed

Ciara's Deep Southern Roots

Journey From Brazil to Becoming a Baker

Alanis Morissette's Daredevil Ancestors Memorialized in Song

Fathers and Sons

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Sun, May 11	5:00 P.M.	Children of Exile NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, May 11	9:00 P.M.	Children of Exile NH World (11.3)
Mon, May 12	1:00 A.M.	Children of Exile NH World (11.3)
Mon, May 12	9:00 A.M.	Children of Exile NH World (11.3)
Tue, May 13	8:00 P.M.	Far from Home NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, May 14	12:00 A.M.	Far from Home NHPBS (11.1)
Wed, May 14	12:00 P.M.	Far from Home NH Explore (11.2)
Thu, May 15	2:00 P.M.	Far from Home NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, May 16	8:00 P.M.	Far from Home NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, May 17	12:00 A.M.	Far from Home NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, May 17	7:00 P.M.	Far from Home NH Explore (11.2)
Sun, May 18	5:00 P.M.	Far from Home NHPBS (11.1)
Sun, May 18	9:00 P.M.	Far from Home NH World (11.3)
Mon, May 19	1:00 A.M.	Far from Home NH World (11.3)
Mon, May 19	9:00 A.M.	Far from Home NH World (11.3)
Tue, May 20	8:00 P.M.	Larger Than Life NHPBS (11.1)