Name: Finding Your Roots
Genre: Documentary

Finding Your Roots Episode 1.01 Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.

Finding Your Roots Episode 1.01 Branford Marsalis and Harry Connick, Jr.

Episode Premiere

March 24, 2012

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Kunhardt McGee Productions

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/

Information

Episode Premiere

March 24, 2012

Genre

Documentary

Period

2012 -

Production Co

Kunhardt McGee Productions

Distributor

PBS

Official Site

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/finding-your-roots/

Cast and Crew

Main Cast

Henry Louis Gates
Jr.

Additional Cast

Harry Connick Jr.
Branford Marsalis

Synopsis

Their European immigrant ancestors blazed unconventional trails in America, from capturing British ships for the American Revolution to crossing racial barriers in slave-era Louisiana. Generations later, as children growing up in New Orleans, Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis found a deep and abiding friendship through their common love of jazz and of the city itself. In this hour, we trace the turbulent and contradictory history of the city of New Orleans through the family stories of these two fascinating men.