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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Director: George C. Wolfe · Writers: George C. Wolfe, Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo
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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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
**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 actual story, except a few glimpses. It is like you watched 'Infamous' or 'Capote', instead of 'In Cold Blood'. That's what like this film. Yet not a bad film. A writer pursuing the family members of a person who lived in the mid 20th century, because she was a medical phenomenon. Her cells used to treat cancer, despite she had died of cancer, leaving her young kids behind. Her descendants not aware of how things work in the medical research, only misguided by others, finally, set to discover the truth themselves about all the fuss. It was nominated for the Emmy, but did not win. Oprah was…
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a 2017 drama and history movie from the United States directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne and Renée Elise Goldsberry. It was released on April 22, 2017. The running time is 1 h 33 min, in English. Audiences rate it 6.3/10 from 114 votes — mixed to positive.
“Discover what you are made of”
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was released on April 22, 2017.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was directed by George C. Wolfe.
The main cast includes Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. Cathey and Courtney B. Vance.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks runs 1 h 33 min.
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It holds an audience score of 6.3/10 from 114 ratings, so fans of drama and history titles are its best audience. Read member reviews below or add your own.
🏆 Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 4 wins & 19 nominations total
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