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Oprah Winfrey's ancestry is traced back to the Kpelle people of Liberia using modern advances in genealogical research.
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When Alex Haley published his best-selling novel Roots in the mid-1970's it raised the hopes of many African Americans that one day they too could trace their own roots back to Africa. In this fascinating film, eminent Harvard scholar, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. guides viewers through the process of creating their own family histories. Richly illustrated with clips from the PBS documentary Oprah's Roots: An African American Lives Special, together with previously unseen footage from the original African American Lives series, this film is an indispensable tool for anyone interested in knowing more about their own past, and the past of the African American people.
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