Multiple Tony Award winner, DGA winner and Emmy(R) nominee George C. Her 2010 New York Times bestseller, "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks," not only explains the scientific background of Lacks' story, but follows her efforts to win the trust of the Lacks family and join Henrietta's daughter, Deborah, as they set out to discover the woman whose silent contribution changed the world. Science journalist Rebecca Skloot spent ten years researching the story behind the HeLa cells, trying to bring Lacks' story to light. Lacks' cells have been bought and sold by the billions and continue to exist and multiply today. What started as a doctor's curiosity led to the birth of the biomedical industry and the use of what was known as HeLa cells in tens of thousands of research studies over the years, from the development of drugs for polio, leukemia, influenza and Parkinson's disease, to cloning and gene mapping, to their inclusion in the first space missions to study the impact of zero gravity on human cells. However, Lacks' cells, multiplying at a feverish pace and accelerating the deadly cancer inside her body, continued to grow, inexplicably - one might say, miraculously - and multiply outside her body in laboratory conditions. Up until this time, no one was able to grow human cells in the culture of a petri dish. Scientists around the world had been making similar efforts with cell lines for decades in order to do human testing that was impossible to do on living human beings. George Gey, who, at Johns Hopkins, had been trying for nearly 30 years to grow an immortal cell line. Under treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, tissue from her malignant tumor was removed without her knowledge or that of her family, as was standard practice of the day. Henrietta Lacks grew up a tobacco farmer from Virginia and, in 1951, was a married mother of five when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer at age 31. The film will also be available on HBO NOW, HBO GO, HBO On Demand and affiliate portals. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS is a Harpo Films, Your Face Goes Here Entertainment and Cine Mosaic production. The additional cast includes Reed Birney, Adriane Lenox, Roger Robinson and John Douglas Thomas. Alan Ball, Peter Macdissi, Oprah Winfrey, Carla Gardini and Lydia Dean Pilcher executive produce Rebecca Skloot co-executive produces. Wolfe from a screenplay by Peter Landesman and Alexander Woo and Wolfe, the film is based on the book by Rebecca Skloot. Vance, Ruben Santiago-Hudson and Leslie Uggams. (ET/PT), THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS stars Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. It's a true story of medical arrogance and triumph, race, poverty and deep friendship between the unlikeliest of people.ĭebuting SATURDAY, APRIL 22 at 8:00 p.m. Aided by journalist Rebecca Skloot (Rose Byrne), Deborah sets out to learn about the mother she never knew and to understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Henrietta's (Renée Elise Goldsberry) cancerous cells led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, creating a medical revolution that changed countless lives. HBO Films' THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS is her story, as told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Oprah Winfrey). Yet she, and any recognition of her involuntary donation, would long remain unknown. Under the bright lights of an operating room, surgeons harvested cells from her tumor that would prove to be astonishingly immortal and would change the face of medicine forever. In 1951, a vibrant African-American woman was dying of cervical cancer at age 31. Lydia Dean Pilcher Executive Produce Rebecca Skloot Co-Executive Produces Vance, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Leslie Uggams Co-StarĪlan Ball, Peter Macdissi, Oprah Winfrey, Carla Gardini, Screenplay By Peter Landesman And Alexander Woo And George C. HBO FILMS' THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, OPRAH WINFREY, ROSE BYRNE, RENÉE ELISE GOLDSBERRY STAR IN Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne and Renée Elise Goldsberry star in the original movie. HBO Films' "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" Debuts April 22
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