7.6
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Finding Your Roots (2012)
Finding Your Roots (2012)
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.
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Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
LGBTQ: Neutral
Christianity: Positive
Islam: Positive
Judaism: Positive
Viewer Rating
7.6
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
The series consistently explores themes such as the impact of historical injustices (slavery, discrimination), the struggles of immigrants, and the celebration of diverse identities, which align with progressive values, leading to a left-leaning rating.
This documentary series inherently features a diverse array of individuals exploring their ancestry, making diversity a foundational element of its premise. The narrative focuses on historical and personal journeys, presenting historical challenges and injustices without explicitly framing traditional identities negatively.
Secondary
Finding Your Roots includes LGBTQ+ individuals when they appear in a guest's family history. These portrayals are factual and incidental, integrated into the broader genealogical narrative without strong positive or negative emphasis. The show's objective presentation of family facts results in a neutral net impact regarding LGBTQ+ themes.
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.
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8.7
6.6
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