The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Release Date: 2017-04-22

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.

Rating: 6.333 / 10

Cast

Rose Byrne

Rose Byrne

as Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry

Renée Elise Goldsberry

as Henrietta Lacks

Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

as Deborah Lacks

Ninja N. Devoe

Ninja N. Devoe

as Country Girl Mae

Lisa Arrindell

Lisa Arrindell

as Aunt Ethel

Crew

  • George C. Wolfe - Director

  • Peter Landesman - Adaptation

  • Rebecca Skloot - Book

  • George C. Wolfe - Screenplay

  • Alexander Woo - Writer

Reviews

Reno:

**You will know everything, but Henrietta Lacks!** It's a good biographical drama, but the only problem is its not what exactly the title says. If you believed to learn about Henrietta Lacks and we...

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