The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.4 2017 1h 33m United States of America

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.

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Discover what you are made of 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.

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Directors
George C. Wolfe
Writers
Alexander Woo, Rebecca Skloot, George C. Wolfe, Peter Landesman
Cast
Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. Cathey, Courtney B. Vance, Rocky Carroll, Leslie Uggams, Reed Birney, John Douglas Thompson, Adriane Lenox, Roger Robinson, John Beasley, Peter Gerety, Gabriel Ebert, John Benjamin Hickey
Production
Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films
Languages
English
Countries
United States of America

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