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date (day) time network episode title
4/22/17 (Sa.)8:00 PMHBON/A






IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, THE (HBO)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
4/22/17
STATUS:
telefilm/mini-series in the can
DESCRIPTION:
(from HBO's press release, January 2017) THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS: Oprah Winfrey stars in this adaptation of Rebecca Skloot's critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name. The film tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever. George C. Wolfe directs from his screenplay; Oprah Winfrey, Alan Ball, Peter Macdissi, Carla Gardini and Lydia Dean Pilcher executive produce. A Your Face Goes Here Entertainment, Harpo Films and Cine Mosaic production. Debuts in April.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Adriane Lenox as Barbara
· Byron Jennings as Dr. Victor McKusick
· Courtney B. Vance as Sir Lord Keenan Kester Cofield
· Gabriel Ebert as Dr. Christoph Lengauer
· John Beasley as Cliff
· John Benjamin Hickey as Bill Watson
· John Douglas Thompson as Lawrence
· Kyanna Simone Simpson as Young Deborah Lacks
· Leslie Uggam as Sadie
· Oprah Winfrey as Deborah Lacks
· Peter Gerety as Paul Lurz
· Reed Birney as Dr. George Gey
· Reg E. Cathey as Zakariyya
· Renee Elise Goldsberry as Henrietta Lacks
· Rocky Carroll as Sonny Lacks
· Roger Robinson as Day Lacks
· Rose Byrne as Rebecca Skloot
· Ruben Santiago-Hudson as Dr. Pattillo
CREW INFORMATION:
· Alan Ball as EP
· Carla Gardini as EP
· George C. Wolfe as WRTR/DIR
· Lydia Dean Pilcher as EP
· Oprah Winfrey as EP
· Peter Macdissi as EP
· Rebecca Skloot as BOOK/CO-EP
GENRE(S):
· based on a book
· mow
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Cine Mosaic
· Harpo Films
· Your Face Goes Here Entertainment