The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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2017•93 min•DramaHistoryTV Movie

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Oprah Winfrey

Deborah Lacks

Rose Byrne

Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Henrietta Lacks

Reg E. Cathey

Zakariyyah

Courtney B. Vance

Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Rocky Carroll

Sonny Lacks

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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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