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  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health -- Drama.
     
  •  
  • Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography -- Drama.
     
  •  
  • Women, Black -- Drama.
     
  •  
  • Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- Drama.
     
  •  
  • Medical ethics -- United States -- Case studies -- Drama.
     
  •  
  • Cytology -- Research -- United States -- Drama.
     
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  • Cancer -- Research -- Drama.
     
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  • Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- Drama.
     
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  • HeLa cells -- Drama.
     
     
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    The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks [videorecording (DVD)].
    HBO Home Video, [2017].
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  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Health -- Drama.
  •  
  • Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Biography -- Drama.
  •  
  • Women, Black -- Drama.
  •  
  • Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- History -- Drama.
  •  
  • Medical ethics -- United States -- Case studies -- Drama.
  •  
  • Cytology -- Research -- United States -- Drama.
  •  
  • Cancer -- Research -- Drama.
  •  
  • Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- Drama.
  •  
  • HeLa cells -- Drama.
  • Format: 
    [videorecording (DVD)].
    Description: 
    1 videodisc (90 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.
    Notes: 
    Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot.
    Originally released as a made-for-tv movie on April 22, 2017.
    Bonus features: "Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne, along with writer/director George C. Wolfe and members of the Lacks family, discuss the legacy of Henrietta Lacks in this compelling Family featurette"; Filming in Georgia.
    Home use only.
    Includes English (5.1), French (5.1) and Latin Spanish (2.0) language tracks with optioanl English (SDH), French or Spanish subtitles.
    English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
    Production: 
    HBO Films presents ; a Your Face Goes Here Entertainment, Harpo Films, Cine Mosaic production ; a George C. Wolfe film ; music, Branford Marsalis ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe.
    Performers: 
    Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne with Renée Elise Goldsberry, Courtney B. Vance, Rocky Carroll, Leslie Uggams, Reed Birney and Reg E. Cathey.
    Summary: 
    "Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne star in this adaptation of Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name. Told through the eyes of Henrietta Lacks' daughter Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search -- along with journalist Rebecca Skloot (Byrne) -- to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives an the days of medicine forever."--Container.
    Genre: 
    Biographical films.
    Made-for-TV movies.
    Period dramas.
    Films for the hearing impaired.
    DVDs.
    Other authors: 
    Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.
    Wolfe, George C.
    Winfrey, Oprah.
    Byrne, Rose.
    Goldsberry, Renée Elise, 1971-
    Vance, Courtney B.
    Carroll, Rocky.
    Uggams, Leslie.
    Birney, Reed, 1954-
    Cathey, Reg E.
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