Finding Your Roots

Director(s)Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Sabin Streeter, Krista Whetstone
Production year2019
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes52m
CastHenry Louis Gates, Jr.

Finding Your Roots

implied mild bad language, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
20/02/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS is a US documentary series in which celebrities discover the unknown secrets of their ancestry; the guests in this episode are comedian Andy Samberg and writer George R.R. Martin.

violence
In a brief clip from Game Of Thrones a dragon breathes fire over an army.
language
Implied mild bad language ('shit') is accompanied by very mild terms ('God', 'hell'). There is also a use of 'bastards' in the historical meaning of children born outside marriage.
sex
Very mild sex references include remarks about adultery and a sailor 'looking for action'.
mild threat, references to sex and violence, discrimination references
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS is a US documentary series in which celebrities discover the unknown secrets of their ancestry; the guests in this episode are actress Felicity Huffman and actor Michael K. Williams.

violence
References are made to a man having a scar on his face after being slashed with a razor blade.
threat and horror
A clip from a crime television programme includes an armed man walking aggressively through a housing estate.
sex
There are references to adultery.
discrimination
There is sight of historical racist illustrations that include a Ku Klux Klan and a White League member shaking hands over an enslaved Black family with a lynching depicted in the background. The racist terms 'negro' and 'coloured' are used in a historical context. Frequent references are made to slavery. Racism is clearly condemned by the episode.
additional issues
Language is very mild ('God'). References are made to people who died young from cancer and tuberculosis.
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Classified date20/02/2025
LanguageEnglish
violence
In a brief clip from Game Of Thrones a dragon breathes fire over an army.
language
Implied mild bad language ('shit') is accompanied by very mild terms ('God', 'hell'). There is also a use of 'bastards' in the historical meaning of children born outside marriage.
sex
Very mild sex references include remarks about adultery and a sailor 'looking for action'.
implied mild bad language, violence, sex references
Classified Date:
20/02/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS is a US documentary series in which celebrities discover the unknown secrets of their ancestry; the guests in this episode are comedian Andy Samberg and writer George R.R. Martin.

violence
In a brief clip from Game Of Thrones a dragon breathes fire over an army.
language
Implied mild bad language ('shit') is accompanied by very mild terms ('God', 'hell'). There is also a use of 'bastards' in the historical meaning of children born outside marriage.
sex
Very mild sex references include remarks about adultery and a sailor 'looking for action'.
mild threat, references to sex and violence, discrimination references
Classified Date:
25/02/2025
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

FINDING YOUR ROOTS is a US documentary series in which celebrities discover the unknown secrets of their ancestry; the guests in this episode are actress Felicity Huffman and actor Michael K. Williams.

violence
References are made to a man having a scar on his face after being slashed with a razor blade.
threat and horror
A clip from a crime television programme includes an armed man walking aggressively through a housing estate.
sex
There are references to adultery.
discrimination
There is sight of historical racist illustrations that include a Ku Klux Klan and a White League member shaking hands over an enslaved Black family with a lynching depicted in the background. The racist terms 'negro' and 'coloured' are used in a historical context. Frequent references are made to slavery. Racism is clearly condemned by the episode.
additional issues
Language is very mild ('God'). References are made to people who died young from cancer and tuberculosis.
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
Director(s)Hazel Gurland-Pooler, Sabin Streeter, Krista Whetstone
Production year2019
Genre(s)Documentary
Approx. running minutes52m
CastHenry Louis Gates, Jr.
Classified date20/02/2025
LanguageEnglish