The Way of All Flesh (1997)
4.0 of 5 from 45 ratings
0h 52min
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- Synopsis:
- In 1951, a woman died in Baltimore, America. 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. They shape the policies of countries and of presidents. They even became involved in the cold war because scientists were convinced that in her cells lay the secret to how to conquer death...
- Actors:
- Fred Garrett, George Gey, Howard Jones, Mary Kubicek, Deborah Lacks Pullum, Walter Nelson-Rees, Roland Pattillo, Robert Stevenson, Sadie Sturdivant
- Directors:
- Adam Curtis
- Narrated By:
- Adam Curtis
- Aka:
- Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
- Genres:
- Documentary, Special Interest
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