Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

IMDb 6.0 1997 β€’ 59 min β€’ Documentary

Director

Adam Curtis

Country

GB

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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