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.
Directed by George C. Wolfe
medical research
medical drama
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3.1 / 5
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Cast
Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks
Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot
Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks
Reg E. Cathey
Zakariyyah
Courtney B. Vance
Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky Carroll
Sonny Lacks
Leslie Uggams
Sadie
Reed Birney
Dr. George Gey
John Douglas Thompson
Lawrence Lacks
Adriane Lenox
Barbara Lacks
Roger Robinson
Day Lacks
John Beasley
Cliff
Crew
George C. Wolfe
Director
George C. Wolfe
Screenplay
Peter Landesman
Screenplay
Alexander Woo
Screenplay
Branford Marsalis
Original Music Composer
Alan Ball
Executive Producer
Peter Macdissi
Executive Producer
Oprah Winfrey
Executive Producer
Paul Tazewell
Costume Design
Mateo Márquez
Digital Intermediate Assistant
Sarah Carter
Set Decoration Buyer
Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer
Popular Reviews
26 reviews
Landon Donaldson
3.9★ · 10/24/25
I guess I liked it, maybe because it got me through ap bio class time. I went in not knowing about Henrietta, and now I know very little. Sadly the story just wasn’t told how I expected it.
I guess I liked it, maybe because it got me through ap bio class time. I went in not knowing about Henrietta, and now I know very little. Sadly the story just wasn’t told how I expected it.
eyrun antonsson
1.7★ · 09/16/24
"i can't get ove the w.w.j.d. lanyard"- my religion teacherwhat the hell was this acting
"i can't get ove the w.w.j.d. lanyard"- my religion teacherwhat the hell was this acting
