This movie was AMAZING! I have not read the book but I plan to. I disagree with some of the negative reviews I read. The intended audience is everyone - those who read the book and others who did not or may not even know about the story. This movie does not focus on HeLa cells and the medical advances made because of them; this movie humanizes the story behind the HeLa cells. Who was Henrietta Lacks? Who were her offspring? When did they find out about their mother's cells being used? More amazingly, the movie analyzes how the discovery of their mother's cell impacted her children.
On a different note, I don't understand how the family is not able to recover financially. It's unfortunate that the laws protect and benefit those with means and power. At minimum, the family should be able to recover for the intentional fraudulent activity directed toward them by the medical community (i.e. taking blood and who knows what other samples from the children of Henrietta under false pretenses).
On a different note, I don't understand how the family is not able to recover financially. It's unfortunate that the laws protect and benefit those with means and power. At minimum, the family should be able to recover for the intentional fraudulent activity directed toward them by the medical community (i.e. taking blood and who knows what other samples from the children of Henrietta under false pretenses).