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Rating: 6.5/10 by 98 users

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

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.

Directing:
  • George C. Wolfe
Writing:
  • Peter Landesman
  • Rebecca Skloot
  • George C. Wolfe
  • Alexander Woo
Stars:
Release Date: Sat, Apr 22, 2017

Rating: 6.5/10 by 98 users

Alternative Title:
La vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks - MX
헨리에타 랙스의 불멸의 삶 - KR
La vie immortelle d'Henrietta Lacks - CA
زندگی جاودانه هنریتا لکس - IR

Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 33 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $0

Plot Keyword: medical research, medical drama

Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
Ninja N. Devoe
Country Girl Mae
Earl Poitier
Cousin Josh
Tian Richards
Lawrence (16 yrs.)
Kate Bond
Young Woman
Jazzy Ellis
Young Gladys
Jock McKissic
Carl the Mechanic
Kyanna Simone Simpson
Deborah (15-24YRS)
Kayla Anderson
Johns Hopkins Student
Jordan Eli Arellano
Young Sonny Lacks
Mary Shaw
Woman at Pump
Tatom Pender
Johns Hopkins Nurse
Tashaun Stanfill-Perry
Henrietta Lacks Neighbor
Matthew Bernard
Johns Hopkins Student
Sage Mayer
Young Boy
Elizabeth Hackler
Rebecca's Co-worker
Jaedon Godley
Davon Lacks
Tyvonna Jones
Elsie Lacks
Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
Alpha Trivette
First Administrator
Gabriel Ebert
Christoph Lengauer

Reno

**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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