The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Name: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 2017-04-22
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. Cathey, Courtney B. Vance

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20171h 33m

Drama
History
TV Movie

TMDB rating 6.3TMDB114 votes

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.

Directed by: George C. Wolfe
Written by: George C. Wolfe, Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo

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Cast

Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks
Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyyah
Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Facts

Status: Released
Original language: English
Production companies: Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films