Name: Finding Your Roots
Genre: Documentary

Finding Your Roots Episode 2.04 Roots of Freedom

Finding Your Roots Episode 2.04 Roots of Freedom

Episode Premiere

October 14, 2014

Genre

Documentary

Production Company

Kunhardt McGee Productions

Official Site

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

Information

Episode Premiere

October 14, 2014

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

Ben Affleck
Khandi Alexander
Ben Jealous

Synopsis

Actor Ben Affleck discovers his mother's past as a Freedom Rider in 1964, NAACP President Ben Jealous learns how far his great-grandfather would go to keep his family whole, and actress Khandi Alexander learns about her grandfather's death.

This episode is not available from pbs because actor Ben Affleck had persuaded Gates to omit information about his slave-owning ancestors. In the investigation, PBS said that producers violated network standards by letting Mr. Affleck have “improper influence” and “by failing to inform PBS or WNET of Mr. Affleck’s efforts to affect program content.”