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TV Movie

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017·1h 33m·TV-MA
DramaMysteryBiographyHistory
IMDb Rating
★ 6.4/10
4,270 votes

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.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a 2017 drama mystery movie directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds. It holds an IMDb rating of 6.4/10 from 4,270 votes and runs 1h 33m.

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Director
George C. Wolfe
Stars
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Reed Birney
Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Sylvia Grace Crim
Details
2017-04-22
93 min
TV Movie
TV-MA
★ United States
★ English
Keywords
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