The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Apr 22, 2017

1h 33m

★ 6.3

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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.

Genres

Drama

History

TV Movie

Production Companies

Harpo Films

Cine Mosaic

HBO Films

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Trailers

Cast

Deborah Lacks

Oprah Winfrey

Rebecca Skloot

Rose Byrne

Henrietta Lacks

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Zakariyyah

Reg E. Cathey

Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Courtney B. Vance

Sonny Lacks

Rocky Carroll

Sadie

Leslie Uggams

Dr. George Gey

Reed Birney

Lawrence Lacks

John Douglas Thompson

Barbara Lacks

Adriane Lenox

Day Lacks

Roger Robinson

Cliff

John Beasley

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