The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

  • NR
  • 04/22/2017 (US)
  • Drama, History, 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

Director, Screenplay

Peter Landesman

Screenplay

Cast

Oprah Winfrey's headshot

Oprah Winfrey

Deborah Lacks
Rose Byrne's headshot

Rose Byrne

Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry's headshot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Henrietta Lacks
Reg E. Cathey's headshot

Reg E. Cathey

Zakariyyah
Courtney B. Vance's headshot

Courtney B. Vance

Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky Carroll's headshot

Rocky Carroll

Sonny Lacks
Leslie Uggams's headshot

Leslie Uggams

Sadie
Reed Birney's headshot

Reed Birney

Dr. George Gey

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