The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks (Digital HD/DVD)

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Knowledge is power and a need to learn about what our ancestors had to experience. Want to be aware of how much things have not changed over the years.

I would recommend this read to everyone.

Very hard to watch, it's rendered in an intimate way you feel like your inside the characters, in their pain, their unique individuality and expressions of emotions. I already knew the story from back in university days, but not like this, only from a scientific perspective as the HeLa cell, it's function and applications, there was never a name put to it, no origin of cultivation. And then the book came out, and it shattered everything for me from the viewpoint of a 21st century scientific mind.The movie is the beginning and not the end of the story of Henrietta Lacks. As a human being, her story resounds like a steel echo of my spiritual evolution , as a person with the mind of a theoretical physicist, a scientist, I am excruciatingly fascinated by the origin of Ms. Lack's cellular composition. She was more than human, that's unquestionable, her genetic sequence beyond what we can yet understand , It underlies today's stem cell research. I want to know more, more about the woman, the human being, the child, the woman, the mother. What irony is it to have the name of Lacks, when she possessed the key to immortality in her very cells. Something Jon Hopkins recognized and took it upon itself without the consent of the immediate family, to take and utilize the key for its own gains. Ms. Henrietta lives on forever inside her descendants and frozen in tubes (the latter a chilling thought). On it's own, that it was cultivated from cervical cancer cells gives an undeniable chill and brings to foresight the question of what exactly IS cancer? The theories are endless and the range is wide and varied. All that aside, we all know why J Hopkins chose to rename it the HeLa. And that in itself is disgraceful. A lot of the benefits of today have been culled from atrocities of not that long ago. Think about that between the tears shed for the lives created and moved by Ms. Henrietta Lacks. Remembered , loved, cherished and so much more than any of us will ever understand.

Great movie

This movie was absolutely amazing!! It had me laughing , crying and ready to climb outta my seat mad all at the same time! What an amazing story that I’ve never ever heard about until just now and I’ve been a nurse for almost 30 years! I haven’t stopped telling anyone I can about this movie! And I’ve watched it three times this week. I simply can’t get enough of it!! Highly recommend!

A great movie to end a stem cell lesson and start a section on genetics. Aside an examination of genetic property rights it is also an opportunity to explore social issues in our society at that time.

This movie follows the book to a t. Oprah wifree was wonderful as Henrietta’s daughter. The author who was working with the family to tell the correct story was awesome. A must see movie after reading the book.

Fascinating story and a masterful performance by Oprah Winfrey. We tend to forget how good an actress she is.Nobody knows what the medical establishment does with all the samples they collect and considering that Henrietta's cells are at the center of most medical advancements in the past 50 years + and all the money the pharmaceutical companies made out of her cells since their discovery, you would think that the family could gain from it, at least a tiny little bit. Think again.Totally love the story and for me it was an eye opener.

Rebecca Skloot writes a truly fascinating account of the cells that have saved the lives of so many people around the world that not many of us had ever known about. Oprah draws you in and gives an outstanding performance - she is so believable and strong as she is with any of the characters she has brought to the screen. Awesome movie and book.

it's for a gift to my very good friend. I'm sure she will like a lots.

Loved it. Wish it was longer cause I enjoyed it so much!

Such a amazing story! A good read and a fascinating time in American medicine, laid over the reality of life for African American women before the triumphs of the civil rights movement. Don't confuse it with the lacklustre film starring Oprah Winfrey.