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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

6.320171h 33m

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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.

Directed by George C. Wolfe

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CAST

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah WinfreyDeborah Lacks

Rose Byrne

Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks

Reg E. Cathey

Reg E. CatheyZakariyyah

Courtney B. Vance

Courtney B. VanceSir Lord Keenan Coefield

Rocky Carroll

Rocky CarrollSonny Lacks

Leslie Uggams

Leslie UggamsSadie

Reed Birney

Reed BirneyDr. George Gey