The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

The College of Science STEM Accelerator, Women Leaders in STEM, and CVPA's Visiting Filmmakers Series are pleased to collaborate on a free screening and discussion of the feature film The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks tells the story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman from Roanoke, Virginia whose cells were used without her consent to create the first immortal human cell line. Told through the eyes of her daughter, Deborah Lacks (Winfrey), the film chronicles her search, along with journalist Rebecca Skloot (Byrne), to learn about the mother she never knew and understand how the unauthorized harvesting of Lacks' cancerous cells in 1951 led to unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever.

Learn more about this event and the Visiting Filmmakers Series here. 

Register on Mason 360 to attend. Guests can be registered on the night of the screening. 

Questions may be directed to stemcos@gmu.edu or Dr. Rebecca Jones. 

This event is free and open to the public.