The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
“Discover what you are made of”
2017•1h 33m•6.3•Released
DramaHistoryTV 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.
Director
George C. Wolfe
Writer
George C. Wolfe, Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo
Languages
English
Studio
Harpo Films
Cast
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
Leslie Uggams
Sadie
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
John Douglas Thompson
Lawrence Lacks
Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks
Roger Robinson
Day Lacks
John Beasley
Cliff
Peter Gerety
Paul Lurz
Gabriel Ebert
Christoph Lengauer
John Benjamin Hickey
Bill Watson
Production
Company
Harpo Films
Company
Cine Mosaic
Company
HBO Films
Producer
Kathryn Dean
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