The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · 1h 33m · Drama, History, TV Movie · United States of America · Rated K-12 (FI)
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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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medical dramamedical research
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