Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh

Modern Times: The Way of All Flesh (1997) is a documentary film directed by Adam Curtis rated 6.0/10.

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

Fred Garrett

Himself

George Gey

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Howard Jones

Himself

Mary Kubicek

Herself

Deborah Lacks Pullum

Herself

Walter Nelson-Rees

Himself

Roland Pattillo

Himself

Roland Pattillo

Himself

Sadie Sturdivant

Herself

Adam Curtis

Narrator