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SADIE: It was more than she could handle
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

It was more than she could handle

SADIE: It was more than she could handle

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SADIE: It was more than she could handle.
Duration
4 seconds
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29
Timestamp in Movie
00:42:09
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, history
Production
Harpo Films,Cine Mosaic,HBO Films

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Movie Summary

An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
You and Sonny were just babies, little Zakariyya on the way. - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:06
You and Sonny were just babies, little Zakariyya on the way.
The day she sent Elsie to Crownsville, Hennie liked to die. - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:06
The day she sent Elsie to Crownsville, Hennie liked to die.
REBECCA: Last night when I got back to the motel, oh, my God! - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:08
REBECCA: Last night when I got back to the motel, oh, my God...
Okay, well, I'm gonna start sending you articles... - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:04
Okay, well, I'm gonna start sending you articles...
...and essays and everything that I discover along the way, - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:06
...and essays and everything that I discover along the way,
And once I've done some writing and find an editor, - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:05
And once I've done some writing and find an editor,
REBECCA: "There's a photo on my wall of a woman I never met, - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:11
REBECCA: "There's a photo on my wall of a woman I ...
They're not saying Henrietta wasn't human. - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:05
They're not saying Henrietta wasn't human.
But that her cells have, over time, changed so much, - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:13
But that her cells have, over time, changed so much,
(MACHINES BEEPING) - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:11
(MACHINES BEEPING)
REBECCA: Were you aware that the Lackses thought - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:05
REBECCA: Were you aware that the Lackses thought
I suspect there was no effort to explain anything in great detail. - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:05
I suspect there was no effort to explain anything in great d...
It's not like those people would have understood anyway. - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:04
It's not like those people would have understood anyway...
- REBECCA: I was shocked. - DEBORAH ON PHONE: I don't know why. - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:22
- REBECCA: I was shocked. - DEBORAH ON PHONE: I don't k...
You mind asking her to pave it a little faster? - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:06
You mind asking her to pave it a little faster?
And you know I'm sincere when I say you're a great writer. - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:04
And you know I'm sincere when I say you're a great...
(BOTH CHUCKLE) - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:05
(BOTH CHUCKLE)
Well, that's very poignant and essential about Elsie... - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:04
Well, that's very poignant and essential about Elsie...
Zakariyya actually spent the first year of his life - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:07
Zakariyya actually spent the first year of his life
WOMAN ON PHONE: Rebecca? - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 00:29
WOMAN ON PHONE: Rebecca?