<p>Mega Mogul, Oprah Winfrey, is set to star and produce in a new HBO film that will tell the story of a woman named Henrietta Lacks.</p>
<p>If you did not know, Lacks, is known for being an African-American woman who had her cells &#8220;unintentionally&#8221; used to create the first immortal human cell line, according to Deadline.</p>
<p>Based in the 1950s in Baltimore, Maryland, the film we&#8217;ll be told from the perspective of Lacks&#8217; daughter, Deborah Lacks (which will be played by Winfrey). Deadline describes the film to be a story about,<br />
&#8220;unprecedented medical breakthroughs, changing countless lives and the face of medicine forever.&#8221;</p>
<p>The film&#8217;s storyline comes from a book written by Rebecca Skloot titled &#8216;The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks&#8217;. The film is being labeled as a &#8216;passion project&#8217;; Winfrey has been working behind the<br />
scenes in 2010. The production of the film is supposed to kick off this summer!</p>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18989 size-large" src="https://dev.theshaderoom.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/35333-1024x1024.jpg" alt="35333" width="1024" height="1024" /></p>
<p>deadline.com/2016/05/oprah-winfrey-star-in-the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks-hbo-films-1201747653/</p>
<p>http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/03/oprah-winfrey-star-henrietta-lacks-biopic-cancer-cells-medical-research</p>
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