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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks( 2017)

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Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Oprah Winfrey

      Deborah Lacks

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      Rose Byrne

      Rebecca Skloot

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      Renée Elise Goldsberry

      Henrietta Lacks

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      Reg E. Cathey

      Zakariyyah

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      Courtney B. Vance

      Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

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      Rocky Carroll

      Sonny Lacks

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      Leslie Uggams

      Sadie

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      Reed Birney

      Dr. George Gey

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      John Douglas Thompson

      Lawrence Lacks

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      Adriane Lenox

      Barbara Lacks

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      Roger Robinson

      Day Lacks

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      John Beasley

      Cliff

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      Peter Gerety

      Paul Lurz

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      Gabriel Ebert

      Christoph Lengauer

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      John Benjamin Hickey

      Bill Watson

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      Ruben Santiago-Hudson

      Dr. Roland Pattillo

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      Byron Jennings

      Dr. Victor McKusick

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      Sylvia Grace Crim

      Mary Kubicek

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      Karen Wheeling Reynolds

      Mrs. Gey

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      John C. Vennema

      Board Administrator

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      Jaedon Godley

      Davon Lacks

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      Kyanna Simone Simpson

      Deborah (15-24YRS)

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      Jane Rumbaua

      Dr. Susan Hsu

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      Jaylon Gordon

      Alfred

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      Leon Lamar

      Cootie

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      Andrea Frye

      Gladys

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      Jazzy Ellis

      Young Gladys

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      Tinashe Kajese

      Sadie

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      Patrick Walker

      Cousin Fred

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      L. Warren Young

      Day Lacks

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      Ellen Barkin

      Sasha Walz

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      Michael Gaston

      Richard Wilson

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      Kate Bond

      Young Woman

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      Tyvonna Jones

      Elsie Lacks

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      Bill Martin Williams

      Crownsville Administrator

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      Mary Shaw

      Woman at Pump

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      Tian Richards

      Lawrence (16 yrs.)

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      Kermit Burns III

      Young Cootie

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      Lisa Arrindell

      Aunt Ethel

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      Jordan Eli Arellano

      Young Sonny Lacks

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      Kayla Anderson

      Johns Hopkins Student

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      De'Marco Arrington

      Young Joe

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      Matthew Bernard

      Johns Hopkins Student

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      Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.

      Young Sonny

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      Ninja N. Devoe

      Country Girl Mae

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      Clint Edwards

      Scientist

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      Christopher Robert Escobar

      Chris the Intern

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      Sean Freeland

      Charlie

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      Elizabeth Hackler

      Rebecca's Co-worker

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      Linden Harris

      Galen (as Linden Ronel Harris)

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      Todd Lee

      Doctor

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      Miguel Angel Marrero

      Scientist

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      Sage Mayer

      Young Boy

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      Jock McKissic

      Carl the Mechanic

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      Tatom Pender

      Johns Hopkins Nurse

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      Earl Poitier

      Cousin Josh

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      David Shae

      Reporter

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      Tashaun Stanfill-Perry

      Henrietta Lacks Neighbor

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      Alpha Trivette

      First Administrator

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      Terrence V. Walker

      Church Patron

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    A review by Reno

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    Written by Reno on Sun Feb 04 2018
    **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 ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • medical research
    • medical drama