The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
“Discover what you are made of”
MovieReleased
2017
1h 33m
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.
Director
George C. Wolfe
Writer
George C. Wolfe
Studio
Harpo Films
Vote Count
114
Cast
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsb...
Henrietta Lacks
Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyyah
Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coef...
Rocky Carroll
Sonny Lacks
Leslie Uggams
Sadie
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
John Douglas Thomp...
Lawrence Lacks
Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks
Roger Robinson
Day Lacks
John Beasley
Cliff
Peter Gerety
Paul Lurz
Gabriel Ebert
Christoph Lengauer
John Benjamin Hick...
Bill Watson
Ruben Santiago-Hud...
Dr. Roland Pattillo
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