The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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2017
1h 33m
English
Drama, TV Movie
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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.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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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Cast
Rebecca Skloot
Henrietta Lacks
Deborah Lacks
Country Girl Mae
Aunt Ethel
Cousin Josh
Day Lacks
Cousin Fred
Mrs. Hsu
Mary Kubicek
Lawrence (16 yrs.)
Young Woman
Young Gladys
Carl the Mechanic
Deborah (15-24YRS)
Sadie
Johns Hopkins Student
Mrs. Gey
Doctor
Young Sonny Lacks
Woman at Pump
Johns Hopkins Nurse
Chris the Intern
Scientist
Young Joe
Directed By: George C. Wolfe
Written By: George C. Wolfe (Screenplay), Alexander Woo
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Reno
6 years ago
**You will know everything, but Henrietta Lacks!**
It's a good biographical drama, but the only problem is its not what exactly the title says. If you believed to learn about Henrietta Lacks and went to see it, you might end disappointingly. Because she was the only topic of the story, not the ac More
It's a good biographical drama, but the only problem is its not what exactly the title says. If you believed to learn about Henrietta Lacks and went to see it, you might end disappointingly. Because she was the only topic of the story, not the ac More
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