The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Name: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Genre: Drama, History, TV Movie
Released: 2017
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 6.32

2017 · 93 min

Drama · History · TV Movie

★ 6.3

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Trailer

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.

Crew

Director George C. Wolfe
Screenplay George C. Wolfe
Screenplay Peter Landesman
Screenplay Alexander Woo
Director of Photography Sofian El Fani

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
Rocky Carroll
Sonny Lacks
Leslie Uggams
Sadie
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
John Douglas Thompson
Lawrence Lacks
Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks
Roger Robinson
Day Lacks
John Beasley
Cliff

Crew

Director — George C. Wolfe
Screenplay — George C. Wolfe
Screenplay — Peter Landesman
Screenplay — Alexander Woo
Director of Photography — Sofian El Fani

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