Motherland: A Genetic Journey
Motherland: A Genetic Journey
2003, English. Directed by Archie Baron.
A moving, feature-length documentary shot on three continents, and amongst the most ambitious factual programmes on the BBC in recent times. Motherland used genetics to enable members of the African diaspora to trace for the first time their African ancestry. Three Black Britons become the first people ever to uncover what Alex Haley, author of Roots, could only dream of - to "go back" to Africa and reconnect with the precise population groups from which their ancestors were separated by slavery.
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- 1h 29m
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- 2 February 2003
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Motherland: A Genetic Journey runs 89 minutes (1h 29m).
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Motherland: A Genetic Journey isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 2 February 2003. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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Who directed Motherland: A Genetic Journey?
Motherland: A Genetic Journey (2003) was directed by Archie Baron.