1951. De 31-jarige Henriette Lacks bezoekt het John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, het enige ziekenhuis waar zij als zwarte vrouw terecht kan. De blanke gynaecoloog Howard Jones onderzocht Lacks, uiteraard in de zaal die bestemd is voor 'kleurlingen'.
Nee, helaas is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | George C. Wolfe | Director |
| Writing | Rebecca Skloot | Book |
| Writing | George C. Wolfe | Screenplay |
| Writing | Alexander Woo | Writer |
| Editing | Aaron Yanes | Editor |
| Production | Cindy Tolan | Casting |
| Art | Caroline Hanania | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Tazewell | Costume Design |
| Editing | Mateo Márquez | Digital Intermediate Assistant |
| Camera | Sofian El Fani | Director of Photography |
| Art | Carla Martinez | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Sarah Carter | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Art | Brittany Upchurch | Set Decoration Buyer |
| Writing | Peter Landesman | Screenplay |
| Sound | Branford Marsalis | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jerome Allen | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Gina W. Bateman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lydia Bensimmon | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lane Friedman | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mia Neal | Wigmaker |
| Costume & Make-Up | Derrick Rutledge | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hagen Linss | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Richard Blankenship | Art Direction |
| Art | Peter Borck | Art Direction |
| Production | Alan Ball | Executive Producer |
| Production | Lydia Dean Pilcher | Executive Producer |
| Production | Kathryn Dean | Producer |
| Production | Carla Gardini | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peter Macdissi | Executive Producer |
| Production | Rebecca Skloot | Executive Producer |
| Production | Oprah Winfrey | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Mark DeSimone | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Allan Zaleski | Sound |
| Production | Meagan Lewis | Casting |
| Crew | Elizabeth Davidovich | Other |