Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the roots of actor Michael Douglas and writer-director Lena Dunham. Both guests are the children of famous artists – and both proudly followed in their parents’ footsteps. But their family trees contain a cast of characters whose lives were forgotten. Gates recovers them, telling fascinating stories from the shtetls of Eastern Europe to the streets of colonial America.
Watch Finding Your Roots here or tonight at 8pm on GBH 2
