Directed by:
George C. WolfeCinematography:
Sofian El FaniComposer:
Branford MarsalisCast:
Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Courtney B. Vance, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Ellen Barkin, Lisa Arrindell, Reed Birney, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Rocky Carroll (more)VOD (5)
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Emmy® winner and Oscar® nominee Oprah Winfrey stars in HBO Films' THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, based on Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name. The film tells the true story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever. It's a story of medical arrogance and triumph, race, poverty and deep friendship between the unlikeliest of people. (HBO Europe)
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