Contest Time! Win HBO’s The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks On Blu-ray! The Film Is Available To Own Sept 5!
It’s Contest Time! HBO was nice enough to give us a copy of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks to giveaway to a lucky reader. How cool is that? I have heard amazing things about this film and Oprah Winfrey’s performance. Just check out what Variety said in the quote below. If that’s not enough to wet your appetite for the film, I don’t know what is!
“Witness Oprah Winfrey give one of the best performances of her career”- Variety
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS
Available on Blu-ray™ and DVD September 5, 2017
New York, N.Y., June 15, 2017 – An African-American woman becomes the unwitting pioneer for multiple medical developments, such as the Polio vaccine, when her cells are harvested to create the first immortal human cell line. Her story, previously lost in history, is brought to life in HBO® Films’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Led by Oscar® nominee and TV icon Oprah Winfrey and Emmy® nominee Rose Byrne, the “Intriguing and thought provoking” (The New York Times) HBO® Film, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, is available to own on Blu-RayTM and DVD September 5, 2017.
In this adaptation of Rebecca Skloot’s critically acclaimed, bestselling nonfiction book of the same name, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is told through the eyes of Henrietta Lacks’ daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey). The film chronicles her search, along with journalist Rebecca Skloot (Byrne), 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. With a supporting cast that includes Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. Cathey, Courtney B. Vance, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Leslie Uggams, Reed Birney, Rocky Carroll and John Douglas Thompson, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a story of medical arrogance and triumph, race, poverty, and deep friendship between the unlikeliest of people.
The A-list, ensemble cast includes Tony Award-winner Renée Elise Goldsberry, Reg E. Cathey from HBO’s The Wire and Oz, and Emmy® winner Courtney B. Vance. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is directed by George C. Wolfe, and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball, the creator, writer, and executive producer of the HBO hit series, True Blood and Six Feet Under.
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I never heard of Henrietta Lacks and her story. Until I read about Oprah doing a film about her prompted me to do research on Mrs. Lacks.
I can’t stand Oprah but this book was one of the best I ever read. It’s incredible!
Thank you
I like all the awesome humanitarian things Oprah has done. She keeps her rep pretty clean for being one of the most influential and powerful women of all time.
I always loved her talk show and miss it
Oprah Winfrey is legendary and I wish she would run for president. She would make America great! Please Oprah, run for President!
I like the story. It sounds great-triumph over medical arrogance,
I love Oprah because she’s so optimistic.