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The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Resource Information
The work The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Anaheim Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
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
  • Winfrey, Oprah
  • Goldsberry, RenĂ©e Elise, 1971-
  • Goldsberry, RenĂ©e Elise, 1971-
  • Landesman, Peter, 1965-
  • Landesman, Peter, 1965-
  • Marsalis, Branford
  • Marsalis, Branford
  • Cine Mosaic (Firm)
  • Cine Mosaic (Firm)
  • Skloot, Rebecca, 1972-
  • HBO Films
  • HBO Films
  • HBO Video (Firm)
  • HBO Video (Firm)
  • Woo, Alexander
  • Harpo Films
  • Harpo Films
  • Uggams, Leslie
  • Yanes, Aaron
  • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm)
  • Birney, Reed, 1954-
  • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm)
  • Uggams, Leslie
  • Birney, Reed, 1954-
  • Wolfe, George C.
  • Byrne, Rose
  • Byrne, Rose
  • Vance, Courtney B.
  • Carroll, Rocky
  • Carroll, Rocky
  • Wolfe, George C.
  • Vance, Courtney B.
  • Cathey, Reg E.
  • Cathey, Reg E.
  • Dean, Kathryn, (Producer)
  • El Fani, Sofian
  • Woo, Alexander
  • Winfrey, Oprah
  • El Fani, Sofian
Actor
  • Winfrey, Oprah
  • Winfrey, Oprah
  • Vance, Courtney B.
  • Vance, Courtney B.
  • Uggams, Leslie
  • Uggams, Leslie
  • Goldsberry, RenĂ©e Elise, 1971-
  • Goldsberry, RenĂ©e Elise, 1971-
  • Birney, Reed, 1954-
  • Byrne, Rose
  • Birney, Reed, 1954-
  • Cathey, Reg E.
  • Cathey, Reg E.
  • Carroll, Rocky
  • Carroll, Rocky
  • Byrne, Rose
Director of photography
  • El Fani, Sofian
  • El Fani, Sofian
Editor of moving image work
  • Yanes, Aaron
Film director
  • Wolfe, George C.
  • Wolfe, George C.
Film producer
  • Dean, Kathryn, (Producer)
Presenter
  • HBO Films
  • HBO Films
Production company
  • Cine Mosaic (Firm)
  • Cine Mosaic (Firm)
  • Harpo Films
  • Harpo Films
  • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm)
  • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm)
Publisher
  • HBO Video (Firm)
  • HBO Video (Firm)
Screenwriter
  • Woo, Alexander
  • Landesman, Peter, 1965-
  • Landesman, Peter, 1965-
  • Wolfe, George C.
  • Woo, Alexander
  • Wolfe, George C.
Subject
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • HeLa cells
  • HeLa cells
  • HeLa cells -- Drama
  • Historical films
  • Historical films
  • Historical films
  • Historical films
  • Historical films
  • Historical films
  • Human experimentation in medicine
  • Human experimentation in medicine
  • Human experimentation in medicine -- United States -- Drama
  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951
  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951
  • Lacks, Henrietta, 1920-1951 -- Drama
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • United States
  • United States
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Virginia
  • Virginia
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • African American women
  • African American women
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Feature films
  • Drama
  • Drama
  • Cancer -- Patients -- Virginia -- Drama
  • Cancer -- Patients
  • Cancer -- Patients
  • Biographical films
  • Biographical films
  • Biographical films
  • Biographical films
  • Biographical films
  • Biographical films
  • African American women -- Drama
  • African American women -- Drama
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
Genre
  • Feature films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • Historical films
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Biographical films
  • Made-for-TV movies
  • Drama
Language
  • 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
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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 Spanish dialogue; French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH). Closed-captioned
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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