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Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

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Documentary

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

59 mins

Rating

6/10

Release Date

19 March 1997

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Fred Garrett

Fred Garrett

Himself

George Gey

George Gey

Himself

Howard Jones

Howard Jones

Himself

Mary Kubicek

Mary Kubicek

Herself

Deborah Lacks Pullum

Deborah Lacks Pullum

Herself

Walter Nelson-Rees

Walter Nelson-Rees

Himself

Roland Pattillo

Roland Pattillo

Himself

Roland Pattillo

Roland Pattillo

Himself

Sadie Sturdivant

Sadie Sturdivant

Herself

Adam Curtis

Adam Curtis

Narrator

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