The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks /
Boasting an exceptional cast and production team, and based on Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed 2010 nonfiction best-seller of the same name, this HBO Films drama tells the true story of Henrietta Lacks, an African- American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human ce...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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HBO Films,
2017
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| Summary: | Boasting an exceptional cast and production team, and based on Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed 2010 nonfiction best-seller of the same name, this HBO Films drama tells the true story of Henrietta Lacks, an African- American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line, known as HeLa. Told primarily through the eyes of Lack's daughter Deborah (Oprah Winfrey) and journalist Rebecca Skloot (Rose Byrne), the film chronicles Deborah's search to learn about the mother she never knew, and to understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, from cancer to polio to radiation to AIDS, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever. With a supporting cast that includes Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. Cathey, Courtney B. Vance, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Leslie Uggams, Reed Birney, Rocky Carroll and John Douglas Thompson, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a story of medical arrogance and triumph, race, poverty, and deep friendship between the unlikeliest of people. The film tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used without her consent to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search, along with journalist Rebecca Skloot (Byrne), to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever |
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| Item Description: | Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot Originally released as a made-for-TV movie on April 22, 2017 |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 33 min., 0 sec)) : sound, color |
| Audience: | Rating: TV-MA 9 - 12, Academic/AP |
| Production Credits: | Music, Branford Marsalis ; editor, Aaron Yanes ; director of photography, Sofian El Fani |
| Participant or Performer: | Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Courtney B. Vance, Rocky Carroll, Leslie Uggams, Reed Birney, Reg E. Cathey |
| Language: | Closed-captioned |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from title frame (Swank Digital Campus, viewed September 10, 2021) |
| Accessibility Note: | Closed captioning in English |
