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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

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2017★ 6.3 · 1131h 33mDramaHistoryTV Movie

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.

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Cast

Rose Byrne
as Rebecca Skloot

Michael Gaston
as Richard Wilson

Ellen Barkin
as Sasha Walz

Leslie Uggams
as Sadie

Oprah Winfrey
as Deborah Lacks

Rocky Carroll
as Sonny Lacks

John Beasley
as Cliff

Courtney B. Vance
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Reed Birney
as Dr. George Gey

John Benjamin Hickey
as Bill Watson

Patrick Walker
as Cousin Fred

Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Henrietta Lacks

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Release date: 2017-04-22

Runtime: 1h 33m

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