The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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Balasaur Score
Mixed
2017 · Movie · 1h 33m
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes69%
114 audience votes
Key crew
- George C. WolfeScreenplay
- George C. WolfeDirector
- Peter LandesmanScreenplay
- Branford MarsalisOriginal Music Composer
- Alexander WooScreenplay
Cast
- Oprah WinfreyDeborah Lacks
- Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot
- Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
- Reg E. CatheyZakariyyah
- Courtney B. VanceSir Lord Keenan Coefield
- Rocky CarrollSonny Lacks
- Leslie UggamsSadie
- Reed BirneyDr. George Gey
- John Douglas ThompsonLawrence Lacks
- Adriane LenoxBarbara Lacks
- Roger RobinsonDay Lacks
- John BeasleyCliff
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Themes
medical researchmedical drama