The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

  • NR
  • 04/22/2017 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 33m

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Overview

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.

Alexander Woo

Writer

George C. Wolfe

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Rose Byrne's headshot

Rose Byrne

Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry's headshot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Henrietta Lacks
Oprah Winfrey's headshot

Oprah Winfrey

Deborah Lacks
Ninja N. Devoe's headshot

Ninja N. Devoe

Country Girl Mae
Lisa Arrindell's headshot

Lisa Arrindell

Aunt Ethel
Earl Poitier's headshot

Earl Poitier

Cousin Josh
L. Warren Young's headshot

L. Warren Young

Day Lacks
Patrick Walker's headshot

Patrick Walker

Cousin Fred

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