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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (TV Movie 2017) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Meet the talented cast and crew behind 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' on Moviefone. Explore detailed bios, filmographies, and the creative team's insights.
Rebecca Skloot. George C. Wolfe. Alexander Woo. 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.
It is based on the book of the same name by Rebecca Skloot and documents the story of Henrietta Lacks, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in the 1950s, and whose cancer cells (later known as HeLa) would change the course of cancer treatment. The film premiered on HBO on April 22, 2017. [1] Cast. Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks.
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.
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. Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
With Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds. 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.
