The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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2017 · 93 min · Drama · History · TV Movie · TMDB 6.3/10
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.
Directed by George C. Wolfe
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