{"id":154824,"date":"2021-08-11T12:28:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T16:28:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?p=154824"},"modified":"2021-08-11T12:28:46","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T16:28:46","slug":"finding-your-roots-with-henry-louis-gates-jr-season-8-premieres-january-2022-on-pbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/finding-your-roots-with-henry-louis-gates-jr-season-8-premieres-january-2022-on-pbs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,&#8217; Season 8 Premieres January 2022 on PBS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 196 294'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/FYR7_GatesHeadshot_RET-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154829\" width=\"196\" height=\"294\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Twenty-one of America&#8217;s most fascinating people discover the rich history and tremendous diversity hidden within their families in the eighth season of the critically acclaimed PBS series&nbsp;<strong>FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.&nbsp;<\/strong>The new season will premiere in January 2022 on PBS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>FINDING YOUR ROOTS WITH HENRY LOUIS GATES, JR.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>features\u00a0ten new episodes showcasing guests who have excelled in a wide array of fields, each with ancestral stories that touch on the human experience and bring insight into how they became the trailblazers they are today. Among the guests are stars of the stage and screen\u00a0<strong>Amy Carlson<\/strong>\u00a0(&#8220;Blue Bloods&#8221;),\u00a0<strong>Terry Crews\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8220;Brooklyn Nine-Nine&#8221;),\u00a0<strong>Tony Danza<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Ra\u00fal Esparza\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8220;Law &amp; Order: SVU&#8221;),\u00a0<strong>Kathryn Hahn\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8220;Wandavision&#8221;),\u00a0<strong>Rebecca Hall\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Vicky Cristina Barcelona<\/em>),\u00a0<strong>Nathan Lane,<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>John Leguizamo<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Leslie Odom Jr.\u00a0<\/strong>(<em>Hamilton<\/em>) and<strong>\u00a0Melissa Villase\u00f1or\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221;); multi-hyphenates\u00a0<strong>Pamela Adlon, Lena Waithe\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Regina King<\/strong>; filmmakers<strong>\u00a0Lee Daniels\u00a0<\/strong>(&#8220;Empire,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Precious<\/em>) and\u00a0<strong>Damon Lindelof<\/strong>\u00a0(&#8220;Watchmen,&#8221; &#8220;Lost&#8221;); fashion legend\u00a0<strong>Andr\u00e9 Leon Talley<\/strong>; journalist\u00a0<strong>Erin Burnett;\u00a0<\/strong>talk show and radio host\u00a0<strong>Mario Lopez;\u00a0<\/strong>restaurateur\u00a0<strong>David Chang<\/strong>; and activists\u00a0<strong>Brittany Packnett Cunningham\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong>\u00a0Anita Hill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brittany-Packnett-Cunningham_Credit-Reginald-Cunningham-of-Pure-Black-Photography1-1-827x1024.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"154825\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Brittany-Packnett-Cunningham_Credit-Reginald-Cunningham-of-Pure-Black-Photography1-1.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?attachment_id=154825\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154825\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Brittany Packnett Cunningham<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Damon-Lindelof-photo-credit-is-Jeff-Kravitz-HBO-1-683x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"154826\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Damon-Lindelof-photo-credit-is-Jeff-Kravitz-HBO-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?attachment_id=154826\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154826\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Damon Lindelof<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ErinBurnett-Courtesy-of-CNN-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"154827\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ErinBurnett-Courtesy-of-CNN-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?attachment_id=154827\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154827\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Erin Burnett<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 1 1'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rebecca-Hall_Photo-by-Jeff-Vepsa-3-1-712x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"154828\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Rebecca-Hall_Photo-by-Jeff-Vepsa-3-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/?attachment_id=154828\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-154828\"\/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\"><strong>Rebecca Hall<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I am thrilled to share the deeply moving and surprising stories of the wide range of guests in Season 8 of&nbsp;FINDING YOUR ROOTS<em>.&nbsp;<\/em>I am humbled by the passion and the support our series has inspired from every sector of our society.&nbsp;Our guests&#8211;and their ancestors&#8211;embody what<em>&nbsp;Finding Your Roots<\/em>&nbsp;and the American Experience are all about: &nbsp;America is a nation of immigrants, willing and unwilling, but at the level of the genome, despite our apparent differences, we are 99% the same. &nbsp; Each of us is complicated in our own unique ways, but each of us descends from ancestors who have a story to tell and the goal of&nbsp;<a>FINDING YOUR ROOTS<\/a>is to&nbsp;allow them, at long last, to tell those stories.&nbsp;At a time when our country has witnessed so much strife over the last year, it is so important to remind our fellow citizens of how much we share in common. That so many talented people participated in this season in&nbsp;the face of the pandemic is a testament to the power of storytelling. In the most challenging of times, it is comforting&#8211;and inspiring&#8211;to know where you come from, and to reaffirm the unity of the American people.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To uncover their stories,\u00a0<strong>FINDING YOUR ROOTS<\/strong> uses every tool available\u2014from cutting-edge\u00a0DNA research to old-school genealogical sleuthing\u2014revealing long-buried secrets and hidden aspects of our shared history. Along the way, the series compiles\u00a0family trees that span the globe\u2014from the United States to South America, Europe to Africa, Asia and more. Episode to episode, audiences will meet guests&#8217; ancestors who crisscrossed the globe to become business people and bootleggers, war heroes and criminals, farmers and factory workers, all the while persevering under the most extraordinary circumstances. Together, the arc of each guest&#8217;s family personalizes history while emphasizing the human connections that unite everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the center of it all, guiding every discovery, is host and executive producer Henry Louis Gates, Jr., the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor at Harvard University and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assembling the extensive family trees and ancestral narratives alongside Dr. Gates are DNA expert&nbsp;<strong>CeCe Moore<\/strong>&nbsp;(Founder, The DNA Detective and host of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The Genetic Detective&#8221;) and genealogists&nbsp;<strong>Nick Sheedy&nbsp;<\/strong>and&nbsp;<strong>Kimberly Morgan<\/strong>,who together have solved hundreds of mysteries and reconnected innumerable lost relatives over the past two decades.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conjunction with the series, co-producer WETA, the flagship public broadcaster in the nation&#8217;s capital, will work with stations across the country to encourage viewers to explore and share their family histories via social media using the hashtag #FindingYourRoots on Facebook and Twitter, via<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FindingYourRootsPBS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<em>Facebook.com\/FindingYourRootsPBS<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and @HenryLouisGates, and on the series companion site,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/weta\/finding-your-roots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u00a0<em>pbs.org\/FindingYourRoots<\/em><\/a>. WETA will also develop educational lesson plans for Season Eight that will\u00a0explore the science behind DNA, genealogy, and ancestry testing\u2014and seek to engage high school students in meaningful ways around story-driven science concepts. This educational material will be available in the &#8220;Finding Your Roots&#8221; collection on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbslearningmedia.org\/collection\/fyr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PBS LearningMedia<\/a>,\u00a0a free service offering educators access to research-based, classroom-ready digital learning experiences that align with\u00a0Common Core and national and state standards. 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