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Finding your roots. Season 10, episode 1, Born to sing / a production by McGee Media, Inkwell Media & Kunhardt Films ; director, Sabin Streeter.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morissette, Alanis--Family.
- Morissette, Alanis.
- Ciara, 1985---Family.
- Ciara.
- Singers--United States--Genealogy.
- Singers.
- Women singers--United States--Genealogy.
- Women singers.
- Musicians--United States--Genealogy.
- Musicians.
- Women musicians--United States--Genealogy.
- Women musicians.
- Families--History.
- Families.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Biographical television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (53 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Finding your roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Place of Publication:
- Arlington, VA : Public Broadcasting Service, 2024.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of singers Alanis Morissette and Ciara -- using DNA analysis and genealogical detective work to trace lineages that run from shtetls in Eastern Europe to Jazz Age Harlem. Along the way, Alanis and Ciara reimagine their families and meet the people who laid the groundwork for their success--including one ancestor who was at the center of a song.
- Participant:
- Host: Henry Louis Gates, Jr ; Featuring, Alanis Morissette, Ciara.
- Notes:
- "With Henry Louis Gates, Jr.".
- Title from resource description page (viewed May 10, 2024).
- OCLC:
- 1439296334
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