Who Do You Think You Are?

Disc 1

Episode 1: Vanessa Williams

Vanessa Williams travels from New York to Washington, D.C., South Carolina, Baltimore, and Nashville to research the lives of her great-great grandfathers. One was born a free man, the other a slave, but both fought for justice.

 

Episode 2: Tim McGraw

Tim McGraw was 11 when he learned by accident that his real father was baseball legend Tug McGraw. Years later, Tim longs to know more about his father’s family, which has always been a void in his life. His search leads him back to the Founding Fathers.

 

Episode 3: Rosie O’Donnell

Rosie O’Donnell’s quest to discover her mother’s roots is a roller-coaster ride of sorrow, joy, horror, and redemption as she journeys from New York to Montreal and eventually Ireland, where a 19th-century workhouse hints at what her ancestors suffered.

 

Episode 4: Kim Cattrall

For more than 70 years, Kim Cattrall’s family has lived with an unsolved mystery: why did Kim’s grandfather abandon his wife and young daughters to a life of poverty and hardship? The answers are bittersweet.

 

Disc 2

Episode 5: Lionel Richie

Lionel Richie has always wondered why his grandmother never spoke of her father, a man named John Lewis Brown. Digging deep, Lionel finds a man whose circumstances were remarkably similar to his own, despite the very different times in which they lived.

 

Episode 6: Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi is in search of an ancestor with a compelling story. Following the trail of his great-great-grandfather on his mother’s side, he finds more than he bargained for: depression, desertion, suicidal tendencies, and a hard life that led to a pauper’s grave.

 

Episode 7: Gwyneth Paltrow

Gwyneth Paltrow is curious about both sides of her lineage. She knows a lot of family stories, but which are fact and which are fiction? Her search takes her to Barbados and a Manhattan synagogue, where she learns that her ancestors include brave women and a holy man.

 

Episode 8: Ashley Judd

Steeped in lore about her mother Naomi’s side of the family, Ashley Judd explores her paternal heritage. She’s stunned to find that one of her ancestors came to America on theMayflower, and that her own passion for social justice reaches back 12 generations.

 

Packaging: Boxed set

Run Time: 335 minutes

Format: Widescreen

Number of discs: 2

Language: English

Subtitles: No

Color or B&W: Color

CC: No

SDH: Yes

Region Code: 1

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Rating: NR

 

“Hits the historical jackpot” —New York Daily News

 

“A rare and surprising treat” —Entertainment Weekly

“A look inside the human heart”- Slant

Disc 1
Episode 1: Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker believed that her ancestors were recent immigrants to the United States. Researching her mother’s side of the family, she’s stunned to discover that her roots run much deeper, to the California Gold Rush and colonial New England.

Episode 2: Emmitt Smith
Facing 40, football great Emmitt Smith wants to learn more about his family, including a grandmother with Native American ancestry. His journey takes him deep into rural Alabama, colonial Virginia, and the horrors of the slave trade.

Episode 3: Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow’s roots reach back to the Holocaust. Until recently, that’s also where they stopped. In Belarus, she learns the devastating truth about her great-grandmother’s death. Next in Poland, she discovers a heartwarming story and solves a 60-year-old family mystery.

Episode 4: Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick’s father died when he was 20, leaving many questions unanswered. Was his paternal grandfather a World War I hero? What about his grandmother’s heritage? Matthew’s search takes him to France and an unmarked grave in a Georgia field.

Disc 2
Episode 5: Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields explores the two very different sides of her divided family: her father’s aristocratic European roots and her mother’s working-class American origins. In Rome and France, Brooke discovers her truly illustrious paternal lineage.

Episode 6: Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon has always wanted to know the truth about her grandmother, Anita, who disappeared when Susan’s mother was a child. An emotionally charged search takes her from New York to Rome, and from long-lost relatives to a missing link.

Episode 7: Spike Lee
Filmmaker Spike Lee regrets that he never interviewed his maternal grandmother, Zimmie Jackson, about her family history. As the descendant of slaves, he wonders, "Who owned my family?" His journey takes him to Texas and the old South.

Packaging: Boxed set
Run Time: 293 minutes
Format: Widescreen
Number of discs: 2
Language: English
Subtitles: No
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Rating: NR

"Fascinating"—The New York Times

"Brings history alive in a way rarely seen on television … satisfying emotional journeys"—The Philadelphia Inquirer