The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

1h 33m Drama History TV Movie

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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SYSK Selects: How HeLa Cells Work "which is being optioned by Oprah for HBO. Yeah, that would be a good one for a movie." — Josh Rebecca Skloot's book about Henrietta Lacks is mentioned as being optioned by Oprah for an HBO adaptation.
Jul 8, 2017

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

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