The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Where to Watch The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) (Legally)

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Apr 22, 2017 US 93 min
6.4 ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
109 votes
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What to expect (spoiler-free)

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It sits in the Drama, History, TV Movie space and is paced for about 93 minutes.

Audience signals on TMDB currently show an average rating of 6.4/10 from about 109 votes.

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Topics & keywords

medical research, medical drama

Official trailer

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Plot

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.

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Main cast

Oprah Winfrey
as Deborah Lacks
Rose Byrne
as Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
as Henrietta Lacks
Reg E. Cathey
as Zakariyyah
Courtney B. Vance
as Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky Carroll
as Sonny Lacks
Reed Birney
as Dr. George Gey
John Douglas Thompson
as Lawrence Lacks
Adriane Lenox
as Barbara Lacks