In 1951, a woman died in Baltimore, U.S.A. She was called Henrietta Lacks. These are cells from her body. They were taken from her just before she died. They have been growing and multiplying ever since. There are now billions of these cells in laboratories around the world. If massed together, they would weigh 400 times her original weight. These cells have transformed modern medicine, but they also became caught up in the politics of our age.
Genres:
Fred Garrett as Himself
George Gey as Himself
Howard Jones as Himself
Mary Kubicek as Herself
Deborah Lacks Pullum as Herself
Walter Nelson-Rees as Himself
Roland Pattillo as Himself
Roland Pattillo as Himself
Sadie Sturdivant as Herself
Adam Curtis as Narrator
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