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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017 · 1h 33m
Cells taken from a Black woman without her knowledge in 1951 became the first human cell line to survive indefinitely. Her daughter and a writer try to find out who she was.

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Director
George C. Wolfe
Writer
George C. Wolfe
Cast
Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks, Rose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot, Renee Elise Goldsberry as Henrietta Lacks, Courtney B. Vance as Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield
Studio
HBO