The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

Personal Name: Dean, Kathryn (Producer) film producer.

Imprint:[New York, New York] : HBO Home Video, [2017]

Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Note:Originally released as a made-for-tv movie on April 22, 2017.

Note:Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot.

Note:Wide screen (enhanced).

Note: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.

Note: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.

Audience:Rating: TV-MA.

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