Finding Your Roots Mexican Roots (Season 8, Episode 5)
TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

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Finding Your Roots

Mexican Roots (Season 8, Episode 5)

TV Episode | Documentary, Biography, History

Comedians Mario Lopez and Melissa Villaseñor learn about their Mexican heritage.

Directors

Sabin Streeter | Krista Whetstone

Writer

Henry Louis Gates Jr. (writer)

Producers

Kevin Burke (producer) | Jenny Sorin (producer) | Natalia Warchol (producer)

Cinematographers

Simon Fanthorpe (director of photography) | Stephen McCarthy (director of photography)

Editors

Jenna Bliss | Angelique Ibarra (assistant editor) | Nicholas Mastrangelo (assistant editor) | Eli Rudavsky (assistant editor) | Noah Smith (assistant editor)

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Edit Released

Updated Feb 1, 2022

Release date

Feb 1, 2022 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 4 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
3 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	12 Years a Slave (2013)
Mario Lopez Self Self See fewer	Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993)
Melissa Villaseñor Self Self See fewer	Hubie Halloween (2020)

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