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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017
Directed byGeorge C. Wolfe
1h 33m

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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Oprah WinfreyDeborah LacksRose ByrneRebecca SklootRenée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
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DramaHistoryTV Movie
STATUSReleased
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Harpo FilmsCine MosaicHBO Films
RATING
6.4

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