Title:
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.
Author:
Dean, Kathryn (Producer), film producer.
Landesman, Peter, 1965- screenwriter.
Woo, Alexander, screenwriter.
Wolfe, George C., film director, screenwriter.
Winfrey, Oprah, actor.
Byrne, Rose, actor.
Goldsberry, Renée Elise, 1971- actor.
Vance, Courtney B., actor.
Carroll, Rocky, actor.
Uggams, Leslie, actor.
Birney, Reed, 1954- actor.
Cathey, Reg E., actor.
Marsalis, Branford, composer (expression)
Yanes, Aaron, editor of moving image work.
El Fani, Sofian, director of photography.
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Skloot, Rebecca, 1972- Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks.
HBO Films, presenter.
Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm), production company.
Harpo Films, production company.
Cine Mosaic (Firm), production company.
HBO Video (Firm), publisher.
Publication Information:
[New York, New York] : HBO Home Video, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
FILMS IMMORTAL 2017
Abstract:
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.
ISBN:
9786316985330
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Originally released as a made-for-tv movie on April 22, 2017.
Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot.
Wide screen (enhanced).
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.
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Rating: TV-MA.
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