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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017) | Official Trailer | HBO
Cast

Rose Byrne
Rebecca Skloot

Renée Elise Goldsberry
Henrietta Lacks

Oprah Winfrey
Deborah Lacks

Ninja N. Devoe
Country Girl Mae

Lisa Arrindell
Aunt Ethel

L. Warren Young
Day Lacks

Patrick Walker
Cousin Fred

Jane Rumbaua
Mrs. Hsu

Sylvia Grace Crim
Mary Kubicek

Tian Richards
Lawrence (16 yrs.)

Kate Bond
Young Woman

Jock McKissic
Carl the Mechanic

Kyanna Simone Simpson
Deborah (15-24YRS)

Tinashe Kajese
Sadie

Karen Wheeling Reynolds
Mrs. Gey

Jordan Eli Arellano
Young Sonny Lacks

Mary Shaw
Woman at Pump

Tatom Pender
Johns Hopkins Nurse

Jaylon Gordon
Alfred

Sage Mayer
Young Boy
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Reviews
Reno
**You will know everything, but Henrietta Lacks!**
It's a good biographical drama, but the only problem is its not what exactly the title says. If you believed to learn about Henrietta Lacks and went to see it, you might end disappointingly. Because she was the only topic of the story, not the actual story, except a few glimpses. It is like you watched 'Infamous' or 'Capote', instead of 'In Cold Blood'. That's what like this film. Yet not a bad film.
A writer pursuing the family members of a person who lived in the mid 20th century, because she was a medical phenomenon. Her cells used to treat cancer, despite she had died of cancer, leaving her young kids behind. Her descendants not aware of how things work in the medical research, only misguided by others, finally, set to discover the truth themselves about all the fuss.
It was nominated for the Emmy, but did not win. Oprah was okay, but Rose Byrne impressed me. Except a misleading title, it is a good film, but I really wanted/want to know the Henrietta Lacks. That's funny, because they have told us an unnecessary story. I hope somebody would make a film about actual Henrietta Lacks!
_5.5/10_
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