The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Original title: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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6.4/10

(104)

4/22/2017

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1h 33min

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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Drama
TV Movie

Synopsis

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.

Direction: George C. Wolfe

Screenwriter: Alexander Woo

Cast

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Henrietta Lacks

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Deborah Lacks

Ninja N. Devoe

Ninja N. Devoe

Country Girl Mae

Lisa Arrindell

Lisa Arrindell

Aunt Ethel

L. Warren Young

L. Warren Young

Day Lacks

Patrick Walker

Patrick Walker

Cousin Fred

Jane Rumbaua

Jane Rumbaua

Mrs. Hsu

Sylvia Grace Crim

Sylvia Grace Crim

Mary Kubicek

Tian Richards

Tian Richards

Lawrence (16 yrs.)

Kate Bond

Kate Bond

Young Woman