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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.3

MovieDrama, History20171h 33m

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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.

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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.

Directed by
George C. Wolfe
Written by
George C. Wolfe, Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo
Genres
Drama, History, TV Movie
Released
April 22, 2017
Runtime
1h 33m
Status
Released
Language
English
Countries
United States of America
Studios
Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films
  • Oprah WinfreyDeborah Lacks
  • Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot
  • Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
  • Reg E. CatheyZakariyyah
  • Courtney B. VanceSir Lord Keenan Coefield
  • Rocky CarrollSonny Lacks
  • Leslie UggamsSadie
  • Reed BirneyDr. George Gey
  • John Douglas ThompsonLawrence Lacks
  • Adriane LenoxBarbara Lacks
  • Roger RobinsonDay Lacks
  • John BeasleyCliff
  • Peter GeretyPaul Lurz
  • Gabriel EbertChristoph Lengauer
  • John Benjamin HickeyBill Watson
  • Ruben Santiago-HudsonDr. Roland Pattillo
  • Byron JenningsDr. Victor McKusick
  • Sylvia Grace CrimMary Kubicek
  • Karen Wheeling ReynoldsMrs. Gey
  • John C. VennemaBoard Administrator

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  • Reno★ 6February 4, 2018
    **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 wha…Read more

    **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 okay, but Rose Byrne impressed me. Except a misleading title, it is a good film, but I really wanted/want to know the Henrietta Lacks. That's funny, because they have told us an unnecessary story. I hope somebody would make a film about actual Henrietta Lacks! _5.5/10_

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