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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Film·2017·1h 33m

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

DramaHistoryTV Movie

Discover what you are made of

Directed by George C. Wolfe

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.

Cast

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

Deborah Lacks

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Henrietta Lacks

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