Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 19, 1997

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United Kingdom

Cast

Adam Curtis,Sadie Sturdivant,George Gey,Fred Garrett,Walter Nelson-Rees,Deborah Lacks Pullum,Howard Jones,Mary Kubicek,Roland Pattillo

Director

Adam Curtis

Producer

Adam Curtis,Annabel Hobley

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0796719