CinemaOSMovie · 1997 · 0h 59m

Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

60%(5)IMDbDocumentary

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.

Directed byAdam Curtis

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 59m
Language
EN
Released
March 19, 1997

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Fred Garrett

Himself

George Gey

Himself

Howard Jones

Himself

Mary Kubicek

Herself

Deborah Lacks Pullum

Herself

Walter Nelson-Rees

Himself

Roland Pattillo

Himself

Roland Pattillo

Himself

Sadie Sturdivant

Herself

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

Narrator

Creative team
Directed by
Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis
Produced by
Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis
Annabel Hobley

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