The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks
DVD Released (Y/M/D): 2017-09-05Genre: Drama
Director: George C. Wolfe
Stars: Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds, John C. Vennema, Chasiti Ferrell, Chelsea Ferrell, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jaedon Godley, Rocky Carroll, John Douglas Thompson, Roger Robinson, Adriane Lenox
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Synopsis: Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne star in this adaptation of Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name. Told through the eyes of Henrietta Lacks' daughter, Deborah Lacks, the film chronicles her search, along with journalist Rebecca Skloot (Byrne), to learn about the mother she never knew and 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.
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