The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

Fernsehfilm
2017
TV-MA
1 Std. 33 Min.

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6,4/10

4078

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Oprah Winfrey in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)

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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Biography Drama History Mystery

Dieser Film erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer Frau auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit über ihre Mutter, deren "unsterbliche" Zellen einmal Millionen von Menschen das Leben retten würden. Mit O... Alles lesenDieser Film erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer Frau auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit über ihre Mutter, deren "unsterbliche" Zellen einmal Millionen von Menschen das Leben retten würden. Mit Oprah Winfrey als Deborah Lacks.Dieser Film erzählt die wahre Geschichte einer Frau auf der Suche nach der Wahrheit über ihre Mutter, deren "unsterbliche" Zellen einmal Millionen von Menschen das Leben retten würden. Mit Oprah Winfrey als Deborah Lacks.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,4/10

4078

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Für 1 Primetime Emmy nominiert
- 4 Gewinne & 19 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
In a piece on this movie that aired on National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," Eric Deggans said that the source book's author, Rebecca Skloot, told him in an interview that Henrietta Lacks's daughter Deborah Lacks Pullum wanted Oprah to play her in the movie version long before any movie version was actually in the works. Skloot said, "She always said, you know, this book is going to come out. It's going to be a bestseller. Oprah's going to make a movie, and she's going to play me. Like, she was just sure of it." Deborah died in 2009, so she was not alive to see that the book about her mother did become a bestseller and Oprah did play Deborah in the movie adaptation.

Verbindungen
Featured in The 69th Primetime Emmy Awards (2017)

Soundtracks
Working on the Railroad
Traditional
Performed by Compton Jones
Courtesy of The University of Memphis
By arrangement with High Water Records

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Read the book, skip the movie

9/8/17. Since I read the book I was so looking forward to seeing this with Winfrey. Sadly, it was somewhat of a disappointment, especially if you have read the book and enjoyed it. I just loved the book because it was so well-written. Though the movie did cover the book rather adequately the emphasis on the infighting among Lacks's adult children made the movie uncomfortable to watch. These adult children were not educated. Winfrey's portrayal of Debbie Lacks was spot-on as well- meaning daughter who wanted to learn more about her mother but was fraught with mental health issues that made her labile and unreasonable most of the time. Byrne did a find job of portraying Skloot. You will actually feel sorry for her because of how much grief she had to go through to get the facts right and pay homage to Henrietta Lacks and her contribution to medical research. I don't think this movie is worth watching, but the book is definitely worth reading.