The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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2017-04-22 | 93 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot
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Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
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Oprah WinfreyDeborah Lacks
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Ninja N. DevoeCountry Girl Mae
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Lisa ArrindellAunt Ethel
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L. Warren YoungDay Lacks
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Patrick WalkerCousin Fred
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Jane RumbauaMrs. Hsu
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Sylvia Grace CrimMary Kubicek
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Tian RichardsLawrence (16 yrs.)
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Kate BondYoung Woman
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Jock McKissicCarl the Mechanic
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Kyanna Simone SimpsonDeborah (15-24YRS)
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Tinashe KajeseSadie
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Karen Wheeling ReynoldsMrs. Gey
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Jordan Eli ArellanoYoung Sonny Lacks