Deborah Lacks
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- In the end, HBO's "The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks" is uneven. It has deeply affecting moments, but they don't quite knit together into a consistently powerful film. But it does succeed by showcasing Winfrey in one of her best roles yet, playing a complicated woman willing to face down any obstacle to bring her mother's truth to the world.
www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524833630/tv-movie-review-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacksTV Movie Review: 'The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks' - NPR
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Apr 21, 2017 · “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” does its most good by bringing the full name back to HeLa. With such a unique, decades-long story, perhaps it’s only appropriate that it’s going to take more than one movie before we really get to know her.
Apr 20, 2017 · One of the most acclaimed nonfiction books of 2010, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” began as an investigation of a medical miracle but became a gripping, poignant story about racism ...
In 1951, cancerous cells from Henrietta Lacks lead to breakthroughs that change the face of medicine forever. Aided by writer Rebecca Skloot, Deborah Lacks embarks on a quest to...
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In the HBO movie, Oprah Winfrey stars as the daughter of Henrietta Lacks who, with help from a reporter, finds out that her mother's cells are being used as the basis for medical research.
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS tells the story of how journalist Rebecca Skloot (Rose Byrne) research and wrote the book of the same name. Skloot was fascinated by the origin of the famous research HeLa (from HEnrietta LAcks) cells in college.
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May 25, 2017 · The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks works very hard and, on the whole, with impressive success to balance two goals. On the one hand, it strives to connect the story of the HeLa cells to our long, chilling history of racial exclusion and exploitation.
Henrietta Lacks achieved a kind of immortality after her death. But Skloot's book and, now, this gripping film adaptation will ensure that the world knows who she was.
