Movie
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-04-22
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic, HBO Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks
- Rose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot
- Renée Elise Goldsberry as Henrietta Lacks
- Reg E. Cathey as Zakariyyah
- Courtney B. Vance as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
- Rocky Carroll as Sonny Lacks
- Leslie Uggams as Sadie
- Reed Birney as Dr. George Gey
- John Douglas Thompson as Lawrence Lacks
- Adriane Lenox as Barbara Lacks
- Roger Robinson as Day Lacks
- John Beasley as Cliff
Crew
- George C. Wolfe - Director
- George C. Wolfe - Screenplay
- Peter Landesman - Screenplay
- Alexander Woo - Screenplay
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