The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Synopsis

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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When & where

Streaming on

• HBO Max↗
• HBO Max Amazon Channel↗

Top of the call sheet

• 
  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

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