The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks., HBO Films presents ; a Your Face Goes Here Entertainment, Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic production ; a George C. Wolfe film ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe, Widescreen
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks., HBO Films presents ; a Your Face Goes Here Entertainment, Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic production ; a George C. Wolfe film ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe, Widescreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Rating: TV-MA
Main title
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.
Oclc number
999842686
Responsibility statement
HBO Films presents ; a Your Face Goes Here Entertainment, Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic production ; a George C. Wolfe film ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe
Runtime
90
Summary
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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.version
Widescreen
Classification
Contributor
- Wolfe, George C.
- Vance, Courtney B.
- Marsalis, Branford
- Cine Mosaic (Firm)
- Cathey, Reg E.
- Yanes, Aaron
- Byrne, Rose
- Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
- Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm)
- Birney, Reed, 1954-
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Landesman, Peter, 1965-
- Goldsberry, Renée Elise, 1971-
- Harpo Films
- El Fani, Sofian
- Woo, Alexander
- Winfrey, Oprah
- HBO Films
- Carroll, Rocky
- Uggams, Leslie
- Dean, Kathryn, (Producer)
Genre
Subject
- African American women -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- Drama
- HeLa cells -- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Made-for-TV movies
- Historical films
- Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Drama
- Cancer + Patients -- Virginia -- Drama
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- Goldsberry, Renée Elise, 1971-
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- Uggams, Leslie
- Dean, Kathryn, (Producer)
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- African American women -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Biographical films
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- Drama
- HeLa cells -- Drama
- Feature films
- Fiction films
- Made-for-TV movies
- Historical films
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- Cancer + Patients -- Virginia -- Drama
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