The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

April 22nd, 20171h 33min

Drama, History, TV Movie
63%

Overview

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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