7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Finding Your Roots (2012)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Bias Dimensions
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Positive
Islam: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Overview
Noted Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. has been helping people discover long-lost relatives hidden for generations within the branches of their family trees. Professor Gates utilizes a team of genealogists to reconstruct the paper trail left behind by our ancestors and the world’s leading geneticists to decode our DNA and help us travel thousands of years into the past to discover the origins of our earliest forebears.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
Finding Your Roots explores personal ancestry and identity, consistently highlighting the historical impact of systemic issues like slavery and immigration struggles, which aligns its dominant themes with progressive values of understanding social justice and historical context.
Finding Your Roots is a documentary series that explores the diverse ancestry of its guests, showcasing a wide range of racial and ethnic backgrounds through factual genealogical research. While diversity and identity are central to its subject matter, the narrative maintains an academic and exploratory tone, refraining from explicitly critiquing traditional identities.
Secondary
Finding Your Roots includes openly LGBTQ+ celebrities among its subjects, presenting their identities as part of their overall personal background. The show's focus remains on genealogical discovery, treating LGBTQ+ identity as an incidental characteristic rather than a central theme, maintaining a neutral and factual portrayal.
The show consistently portrays Christian heritage, practices, and adherents with respect and nuance. It explores their role as integral to family history, cultural identity, and personal journeys, often highlighting stories of faith and community.
The series respectfully portrays the historical and cultural significance of Islamic heritage in guests' family histories, focusing on identity, cultural contributions, and ancestral journeys.
Jewish heritage, traditions, and the resilience of its adherents are consistently depicted with profound respect. The narrative emphasizes their significance in personal and family identity, often exploring stories of cultural preservation and overcoming adversity.
Finding Your Roots is a documentary series focused on the genealogical and genetic heritage of its celebrity guests. The show's format and content do not typically involve the depiction of transsexual characters or themes, as its primary objective is historical family research. Therefore, there is no identifiable portrayal to evaluate.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Finding Your Roots is a documentary series exploring the real family histories of celebrities. It does not feature fictional characters or historical figures being reimagined with altered genders, but rather presents documented historical facts about real individuals.
This documentary series explores the actual ancestry and family history of real individuals. It does not feature fictional characters or actors portraying historical figures in a way that could constitute a race swap.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
8.6
6.4
Critic Ratings
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