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Quick Info

Rating

6.4/10

Release2017

Runtime1h 33m

StatusReleased

BudgetN/A

RevenueN/A

Production

Harpo Films

Cine Mosaic

HBO Films

Movie

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

2017

1h 33m

6.4

Drama

TV Movie

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.

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