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The Resource The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, HBO Films ; Your Face Goes Here Entertainment ; Harpo Films ; Cine Mosaic ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe, (videorecording)

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, HBO Films ; Your Face Goes Here Entertainment ; Harpo Films ; Cine Mosaic ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe, (videorecording)

Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.)
Note
  • Originally released as a made-for-tv movie on April 22, 2017
  • Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot
  • Features: scene selection; making-of featurette; the true story of Henrietta Lacks
Instance
Label
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Title
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks
Statement of responsibility
HBO Films ; Your Face Goes Here Entertainment ; Harpo Films ; Cine Mosaic ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe
Contributor
Actor
Film director
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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
Cataloging source
NHP
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Music, Branford Marsalis; editor, Aaron Yanes; director of photography, Sofian El Fani ; production designer, Caroline Hanania
Intended audience
Rating: TV-MA
Language note
In English, French, and Spanish with English, French and Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned (SDH: subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing)
PerformerNote
Oprah Winfrey, Rose Byrne, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Courtney B. Vance, Rocky Carroll, Leslie Uggams, Reed Birney, Reg E. Cathey
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1971-
  • 1954-
  • 1972-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Wolfe, George C.
  • Winfrey, Oprah
  • Byrne, Rose
  • Goldsberry, Renée Elise
  • Vance, Courtney B.
  • Carroll, Rocky
  • Uggams, Leslie
  • Birney, Reed
  • Cathey, Reg E.
  • Skloot, Rebecca
  • HBO Films
  • Your Face Goes Here Entertainment (Firm)
  • Harpo Films
  • Cine Mosaic (Firm)
  • HBO Video (Firm)
Runtime
90
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Lacks, Henrietta
  • African American women
  • Cancer
  • Human experimentation in medicine
  • HeLa cells
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Label
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, HBO Films ; Your Face Goes Here Entertainment ; Harpo Films ; Cine Mosaic ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a made-for-tv movie on April 22, 2017
  • Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot
  • Features: scene selection; making-of featurette; the true story of Henrietta Lacks
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn999842686
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.)
Lccn
00683407
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929600977
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
3000074643
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital; widescreen
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks, HBO Films ; Your Face Goes Here Entertainment ; Harpo Films ; Cine Mosaic ; produced by Kathryn Dean ; screenplay by Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe ; directed by George C. Wolfe, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • Originally released as a made-for-tv movie on April 22, 2017
  • Based on the book written by Rebecca Skloot
  • Features: scene selection; making-of featurette; the true story of Henrietta Lacks
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn999842686
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.)
Lccn
00683407
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
883929600977
Other physical details
sound, color
Publisher number
3000074643
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System details
DVD; region 1; 5.1 Dolby digital; widescreen
Terms governing use
For private home use only.
Video recording format
DVD

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