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.
Movie tag line: "Discover what you are made of"
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Character: Deborah Lacks
Character: Rebecca Skloot
Character: Henrietta Lacks
Character: Zakariyyah
Character: Sir Lord Keenan Coefield
Character: Sonny Lacks
Character: Sadie
Character: Dr. George Gey
Character: Lawrence Lacks
Character: Barbara Lacks
Character: Day Lacks
Character: Cliff
Character: Paul Lurz
Character: Christoph Lengauer
Character: Bill Watson
Character: Dr. Roland Pattillo
Character: Dr. Victor McKusick
Character: Mary Kubicek
Character: Mrs. Gey
Character: Board Administrator
Character: Davon Lacks
Character: Deborah (15-24YRS)
Character: Dr. Susan Hsu
Character: Alfred
Character: Cootie
Character: Gladys
Character: Young Gladys
Character: Sadie
Character: Cousin Fred
Character: Day Lacks
Character: Sasha Walz
Character: Richard Wilson
Character: Young Woman
Character: Elsie Lacks
Character: Crownsville Administrator
Character: Woman at Pump
Character: Lawrence (16 yrs.)
Character: Young Cootie
Character: Aunt Ethel
Character: Young Sonny Lacks
Character: Johns Hopkins Student
Character: Young Joe
Character: Johns Hopkins Student
Character: Young Sonny
Character: Country Girl Mae
Character: Scientist
Character: Chris the Intern
Character: Charlie
Character: Rebecca's Co-worker
Character: Galen (as Linden Ronel Harris)
Character: Doctor
Character: Scientist
Character: Young Boy
Character: Carl the Mechanic
Character: Johns Hopkins Nurse
Character: Cousin Josh
Character: Reporter
Character: Henrietta Lacks Neighbor
Character: First Administrator
Character: Church Patron