Whose behind all that great genealogy programming currently available on television. Here is an article from the South Florida Times about once company make big contributions to the little screen. [Call we still call it the little screen when some TVs look big enough to rival the “big screen” experience? — just a side thought.]
Pioneering company plays key role in genealogy
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WASHINGTON (BLACK PR WIRE) — By now you may have seen the PBS program Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr. which premiered in late March. But you may not know that African Ancestry Inc. (AfricanAncestry.com), a small, minority business enterprise based in Washington, D.C., is a major force helping media powerhouses deliver ground-breaking genealogy programming.
Starting with African American Lives 1 and African American Lives 2 nearly a decade ago, AfricanAncestry.com has gone on to play a major role in other shows, such as NBC’s Who Do You Think You Are?; CNN’s Black in America series, and Faces of America.
“The rise of reality shows has been great in many ways but it has also been not so great in many ways, especially in exposing the undesirable side of human behavior,” said Gina Paige, president of African Ancestry. “The work we’ve done with shows like Finding Your Roots is positively changing the way people see themselves and the way they interact with their families. This is the reality I want to see in my people and our communities,” Paige said.
Airing at 8 p.m. Sundays through May 20, Finding Your Roots is the latest series from Gates, a renowned cultural critic, using genealogy and genetics to explore the fascinating dynamics of race, family and identity in today’s America.