The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
An African-American woman unwittingly emerges as a pioneering figure in medical science when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
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George C. Wolfe
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**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 treat cancer, despite she had died of cancer, leaving her young kids behind. Her descendants not aware of how things work in the medical research, only misguided by others, finally, set to discover the truth themselves about all the fuss. It was nominated for the Emmy, but did not win. Oprah was okay, but Rose Byrne impressed me. Except a misleading title, it is a good film, but I really wanted/want to know the Henrietta Lacks. That's funny, because they have told us an unnecessary story. I hope somebody would make a film about actual Henrietta Lacks! _5.5/10_
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George C. Wolfe is the director of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.
The cast of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks includes Ellen Barkin as Sasha Walz, Michael Gaston as Richard Wilson, Reed Birney as Dr. George Gey, Courtney B. Vance as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield, Rose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot, John Douglas Thompson as Lawrence Lacks, Peter Gerety as Paul Lurz, Karen Wheeling Reynolds as Mrs. Gey, Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks, Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Dr. Roland Pattillo, David Shae as Reporter, Reg E. Cathey as Zakariyyah, and more.
The duration of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is 1h 33 mins.
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was released on 22 Apr 2017.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is listed under Drama, History, and TV Movie on Fanbiz.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has 1 review on Fanziz, with an average rating of 6.0/10. One reviewer wrote: "**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..."
