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Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh
6.0 / 10• 1997• 59m•NR• English
Documentary
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
FG
Fred Garrett
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George Gey
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HJ
Howard Jones
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MK
Mary Kubicek
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DL
Deborah Lacks Pullum
Herself
WN
Walter Nelson-Rees
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RP
Roland Pattillo
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RP
Roland Pattillo
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Adam Curtis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
