Watch The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

This drama tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cancerous cells were extracted by researchers without her consent. The cellular descendants of Lacks' cells lived on well past the woman's own death and eventually led to an amazing range of medical and genetic research and scientific breakthroughs. The film is an HBO production and stars Oprah Winfrey.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a 2017 tv movie with a runtime of 1 hour and 34 minutes. It has received moderate reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 6.4.