
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.
Cast: Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
★ 6.3/1020171h 33m
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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.
Creators and cast
- Directors
- George C. Wolfe
- Producers
- Alan Ball, Lydia Dean Pilcher, Kathryn Dean, Carla Gardini


















































