

"Discover what you are made of"
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.
Deborah Lacks

Rebecca Skloot

Henrietta Lacks

Zakariyyah

Sir Lord Keenan Coefield

Sonny Lacks

Sadie

Dr. George Gey

Lawrence Lacks

Barbara Lacks

Day Lacks

Cliff

Paul Lurz

Christoph Lengauer

Bill Watson

Dr. Roland Pattillo

Dr. Victor McKusick

Mary Kubicek

Mrs. Gey

Board Administrator

Davon Lacks
Deborah (15-24YRS)

Dr. Susan Hsu

Alfred

Cootie

Gladys
Young Gladys
Sadie

Cousin Fred

Day Lacks

Sasha Walz

Richard Wilson

Young Woman

Elsie Lacks
Crownsville Administrator

Woman at Pump

Lawrence (16 yrs.)

Young Cootie

Aunt Ethel

Young Sonny Lacks

Johns Hopkins Student
Young Joe
Johns Hopkins Student
Young Sonny
Country Girl Mae

Scientist
Chris the Intern
Charlie

Rebecca's Co-worker
Galen (as Linden Ronel Harris)
Doctor
Scientist
Young Boy

Carl the Mechanic

Johns Hopkins Nurse

Cousin Josh

Reporter

Henrietta Lacks Neighbor
First Administrator

Church Patron