The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

Biography, Courtney B. Vance, Drama, History, Made for TV, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Director: George C. Wolfe

Writer(s): Peter Landesman  (adaptation), Rebecca Skloot (book), George C. Wolfe (screenplay), Alexander Woo (revisions)

Starring: Renée Elise Goldsberry, Sylvia Grace Crim, Reed Birney, Karen Wheeling Reynolds, John C. Vennema, Chasiti Ferrell, Chelsea Ferrell, Rose Byrne, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Oprah Winfrey, Jaedon Godley, Rocky Carroll, John Douglas Thompson, Roger Robinson, Adriane Lenox, Kyanna Simone Simpson, Jane Rumbaua, Byron Jennings, Jaylon Gordon, Reg E. Cathey, Leslie Uggams, Leon Lamar, John Beasley, Andrea Frye, Jazzy Ellis, Tinashe Kajese, Patrick R. Walker, L. Warren Young, John Benjamin Hickey, Ellen Barkin, Courtney B. Vance, Michael Gaston, Kate Bond, Peter Gerety, Tyvonna Jones, Bill Martin Williams, Mary Shaw, Alfred Carter Jr., Dhemi Mathis, Da’mohr Mathis, Tian Richards, Kermit Burns III, Lisa Arrindell, Linden Harris, Jordan Eli Arellano, De’Marco Arrington, Aniyla Johnson, Gabriel Ebert, John Jacob Anderson, Matthew Bernard, Kathi Binkley, Raphael Dante’ Carr Jr., John Chancellor, Jacob Cooper, Ninja N. Devoe, Clint Edwards, Kayla Ellenwood, Sean Freeland, Elizabeth Hackler, Debbie Hartner, Monica Haynes, Adrienne Johnson, Todd Lee, Miguel Angel Marrero, Sage Mayer, Jock McKissic, John Merical, Tatom Pender, Earl Poitier, Candy Rachor, Patti Schellhaas, David Shae, Tashaun Stanfill-Perry, Laura Alain Steele, Corey Jason Thomas, Alpha Trivette, Christopher Van Escobar, Kent Wagner, Terrence V. Walker, William Walker, Dolan Wilson

Synopsis: 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.

Release Date: April 22, 2017 (USA) | Length: 94 min | Genre: Biography, Drama, History | MPAA Rating: NR