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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks( 2017)

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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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Rose Byrne

      Rebecca Skloot

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      Renée Elise Goldsberry

      Henrietta Lacks

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      Oprah Winfrey

      Deborah Lacks

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      Ninja N. Devoe

      Country Girl Mae

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      Lisa Arrindell

      Aunt Ethel

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      Earl Poitier

      Cousin Josh

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      L. Warren Young

      Day Lacks

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      Patrick Walker

      Cousin Fred

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      Jane Rumbaua

      Mrs. Hsu

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      Sylvia Grace Crim

      Mary Kubicek

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      Tian Richards

      Lawrence (16 yrs.)

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      Kate Bond

      Young Woman

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      Jazzy Ellis

      Young Gladys

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      Jock McKissic

      Carl the Mechanic

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      Kyanna Simone Simpson

      Deborah (15-24YRS)

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      Tinashe Kajese

      Sadie

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      Kayla Anderson

      Johns Hopkins Student

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      Karen Wheeling Reynolds

      Mrs. Gey

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      Todd Lee

      Doctor

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      Jordan Eli Arellano

      Young Sonny Lacks

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      Mary Shaw

      Woman at Pump

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      Tatom Pender

      Johns Hopkins Nurse

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      Christopher Robert Escobar

      Chris the Intern

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      Clint Edwards

      Scientist

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      De'Marco Arrington

      Young Joe

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      Jaylon Gordon

      Alfred

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      Tashaun Stanfill-Perry

      Henrietta Lacks Neighbor

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      Matthew Bernard

      Johns Hopkins Student

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      Sage Mayer

      Young Boy

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      Elizabeth Hackler

      Rebecca's Co-worker

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      David Shae

      Reporter

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      Jaedon Godley

      Davon Lacks

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      Tyvonna Jones

      Elsie Lacks

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      Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.

      Young Sonny

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      Miguel Angel Marrero

      Scientist

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      Courtney B. Vance

      Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

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      Reed Birney

      Dr. George Gey

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      Alpha Trivette

      First Administrator

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      Terrence V. Walker

      Church Patron

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      Sean Freeland

      Charlie

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      Reg E. Cathey

      Zakariyyah

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      Gabriel Ebert

      Christoph Lengauer

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      Kent Wagner

      Scientist (uncredited)

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    A review by Reno

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    Written by Reno on Sun Feb 04 2018
    **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 went to see it, you might end disappointingly. Because she was the only topic of the story, not the actual story, except a few glimpses. It is like you watched 'Infamous' or 'Capote', instead of 'In Cold Blood'. That's what like this film. Yet not a bad film. A writer pursuing the family members of a person who lived in the mid 20th century, because she was a medical phenomenon. Her cells used to ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • medical research
    • medical drama