The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Movie
6.3 / 10
2017
1h 33m

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

"Discover what you are made of"

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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.

Top Billed 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

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