The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Apr 22 2017
•2h 33m
•Drama, TV Movie
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
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Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
Ninja N. Devoe
Country Girl Mae
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