In 2010, it was announced that a television film project based on the book was in development. Oprah Winfrey and Alan Ball were teaming together to bring the biopic to HBO.[14] HBO began production on the film in the summer of 2016. Winfrey executive-produced and starred as Deborah, the daughter of Henrietta Lacks.[15] George C. Wolfe wrote the screenplay and directed the film. Lacks' sons and granddaughter were planned to serve as consultants.[16] The film aired in 2017.
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The Question and Answer section for The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
I think around 62 years old.
Deborah feels possessive of Henrietta's records because they're all she has left of her mother—a tragic but understandable confession. Allowing Skloot access gives some amount of liberation as well as the feeling that her mother's life had not...
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