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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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In 1951, cancerous cells from Henrietta Lacks lead to breakthroughs that change the face of medicine forever. The movie chronicles her daughter's search, along with a journalist, to learn about the mother she never knew.
In 1951, cancerous cells from Henrietta Lacks lead to breakthroughs that change the face of medicine forever. The movie chronicles her daughter's search, along with a journalist, to learn about the mother she never knew.
Actors:
Todd Lee,
Tatom Pender,
Chelsea Ferrell,
Kyanna Simone,
Corey Jason Thomas,
Raphael Dante Carr Jr.,
Christopher Robert Escobar,
Dolan Wilson,
Ruben Santiago-Hudson,
Matthew Bernard,
Alfred Carter Jr.,
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Todd Lee
Tatom Pender
Chelsea Ferrell
Kyanna Simone
Corey Jason Thomas
Raphael Dante Carr Jr.
Christopher Robert Escobar
Dolan Wilson
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
24 November 1956, Lackawanna, New York, USA
Matthew Bernard
4 March 1988, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
Alfred Carter Jr.
Genre:
Drama
Country:
United States
Keywords:
#George C. Wolfe #Reed Birney #Renée Elise Goldsberry #Sylvia Grace Crim #The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
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June 13, 2017
As a portrait of unlikely female friendship and impassioned campaigning it did justice to little-known heroine Lacks.
May 25, 2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks has a vision that is as richly loving as it is clear-eyed about the racist sins that continue to dog us as a culture and a nation.
April 21, 2017
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a good movie with a great performance.
April 26, 2017
Even if it sends you to the book to learn more, The Immortal Life will have done its job.
April 21, 2017
Winfrey delivers a performance that's on another level. It can be challenging, even when she's convincing in a film or on a series, to forget that we're watching Oprah. But as Deborah Lacks... Oprah Winfrey completely disappears.
April 24, 2017
Winfrey's humane and riveting performance may make this adaptation worth a watch.
April 21, 2017
Ninety minutes on the origins of the so-called HeLa cell line sound about as dramatically inviting as a teeth-cleaning. But Winfrey's performance, as Henrietta's tormented youngest daughter, Deborah, is jump-off-the-screen terrific.
April 21, 2017
The Immortal Life is too abridged and disorderly to reveal very much.
June 13, 2017
If the film pushes Henrietta to the edges, it is at least to make room for a performance from Winfrey that tells us all there is to know about the damage that loss, lies and injustice can do to a child, to an adult, to a family and to a society.
April 24, 2017
The idea behind The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks was honorable and no doubt brought a very powerful story to the surface, but it touched base without following through on many important aspects of her story.
April 25, 2017
Henrietta Lacks achieved a kind of immortality after her death. But Skloot's book and, now, this gripping film adaptation will ensure that the world knows who she was.
May 02, 2017
Real-life tear-jerker shows how lies hurt, truth heals.
