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Film / 2017
La vida inmortal de Henrietta Lacks
Directed by
George C. Wolfe
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.
The story
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 WinfreyDeborah Lacks
Rose ByrneRebecca Skloot
Renée Elise GoldsberryHenrietta Lacks
Reg E. CatheyZakariyyah
Courtney B. VanceSir Lord Keenan Coefield
Rocky CarrollSonny Lacks
Leslie UggamsSadie
Reed BirneyDr. George Gey
John Douglas ThompsonLawrence Lacks
Adriane LenoxBarbara Lacks
Roger RobinsonDay Lacks
John BeasleyCliff
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Peter GeretyPaul Lurz
Gabriel EbertChristoph Lengauer
John Benjamin HickeyBill Watson
Ruben Santiago-HudsonDr. Roland Pattillo
Byron JenningsDr. Victor McKusick
Sylvia Grace CrimMary Kubicek
Karen Wheeling ReynoldsMrs. Gey
John C. VennemaBoard Administrator
Jaedon GodleyDavon Lacks
Kyanna Simone SimpsonDeborah (15-24YRS)
Jane RumbauaDr. Susan Hsu
Jaylon GordonAlfred
Leon LamarCootie
Andrea FryeGladys
Jazzy EllisYoung Gladys
Tinashe KajeseSadie
Patrick WalkerCousin Fred
L. Warren YoungDay Lacks
Ellen BarkinSasha Walz
Michael GastonRichard Wilson
Kate BondYoung Woman
Tyvonna JonesElsie Lacks
Bill Martin WilliamsCrownsville Administrator
Mary ShawWoman at Pump
Tian RichardsLawrence (16 yrs.)
Kermit Burns IIIYoung Cootie
Lisa ArrindellAunt Ethel
Jordan Eli ArellanoYoung Sonny Lacks
Kayla AndersonJohns Hopkins Student
De'Marco ArringtonYoung Joe
Matthew BernardJohns Hopkins Student
Raphael Dante' Carr Jr.Young Sonny
Ninja N. DevoeCountry Girl Mae
Clint EdwardsScientist
Christopher Robert EscobarChris the Intern
Sean FreelandCharlie
Elizabeth HacklerRebecca's Co-worker
Linden HarrisGalen (as Linden Ronel Harris)
Todd LeeDoctor
Miguel Angel MarreroScientist
Sage MayerYoung Boy
Jock McKissicCarl the Mechanic
Tatom PenderJohns Hopkins Nurse
Earl PoitierCousin Josh
David ShaeReporter
Tashaun Stanfill-PerryHenrietta Lacks Neighbor
Alpha TrivetteFirst Administrator
Terrence V. WalkerChurch Patron
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