The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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The work The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wadleigh Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.
- Label
- The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
- Statement of responsibility
- 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
- Contributor
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- Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
- Uggams, Leslie
- Vance, Courtney B.
- Winfrey, Oprah
- Wolfe, George C.
- HBO Video (Firm)
- Goldsberry, Renée Elise, 1971-
- HBO Films
- Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm)
- Cine Mosaic (Firm)
- Birney, Reed, 1954-
- Byrne, Rose
- Carroll, Rocky
- Cathey, Reg E.
- Dean, Kathryn, (Producer)
- Harpo Films
- Woo, Alexander
- Landesman, Peter, 1965-
- Subject
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- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- African American women -- Drama
- Historical films
- HeLa cells -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Fiction films
- Feature films
- DVD-Video discs
- Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Drama
- Biographical films
- Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- Drama
- Made-for-TV movies
- Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Drama
- Motion pictures
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- fre
- spa
- eng
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- NHP
- Characteristic
- videorecording
- Credits note
- Music, Branford Marsalis; editor, Aaron Yanes; director of photography, Sofian El Fani
- Dewey number
- 791.43/72
- Intended audience
- Rating: TV-MA
- Language note
- English, French or Latin Spanish dialogue; English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing), French or Latin Spanish subtitles
- LC call number
- PN1992.77
- LC item number
- .I46 2017
- PerformerNote
- Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Courtney B. Vance, Rocky Carroll, Leslie Uggams, Reed Birney, Reg E. Cathey
- Runtime
- 90
- Target audience
- adult
- Technique
- live action
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