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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks(2017)

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6.3(112)1h 33m2017-04-22

DramaHistoryTV Movie

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.

Director:: George C. Wolfe
Writers:: Rebecca Skloot, George C. Wolfe, Peter Landesman
Producers:: Kathryn Dean
Cinematographer:: Sofian El Fani
Composer:: Branford Marsalis
Production:: Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films
Status:: Released

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Cast

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Deborah Lacks

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Henrietta Lacks

Reg E. Cathey

Reg E. Cathey

Zakariyyah

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. Vance

Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Rocky Carroll

Rocky Carroll

Sonny Lacks

Leslie Uggams

Leslie Uggams

Sadie

Reed Birney

Reed Birney

Dr. George Gey

John Douglas Thompson

John Douglas Thompson

Lawrence Lacks

Adriane Lenox

Adriane Lenox

Barbara Lacks

Roger Robinson

Roger Robinson

Day Lacks

John Beasley

John Beasley

Cliff