An INSIDE NEW YORK Memorial Weekend Special Broadcast with Oprah Winfrey and the Star-Studded Cast Of HBO's "The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks"

This Saturday, tune in to INSIDE NEW YORK for our TV Broadcast Special with Oprah Winfrey and the star-studded cast of "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks."  This Memorial Weekend, is a great time to revisit a memorable moment in history with Oprah and the cast of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks; Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Adriane Lenox Roger Robinson, Leslie Uggams, Courtney Vance and noted journalist, Joy Reid and civil rights leader, Al Sharpton.

Everyone wanted to be a part of this film about the life of Henrietta Lacks, the first African-American woman whose cells were used to create the first immortal human cell line. However, given Oprah’s incredibly busy schedule running her OWN TV Network, her magazine, her acting schedule in OWN’s “Greenleaf,” and the upcoming “A Wrinkle in Time,” and the many projects that come her way,  INSIDE NEW YORK asked her why she felt compelled to produce this film.  

Oprah replied, “Because I lived in Baltimore all those years and was a reporter for eight years in Baltimore and was a real strong member of the community and I had never heard, seen a word, or a poster or a sign of HeLa or Henrietta Lacks.  So I thought if that was my experience, then probably lots of others didn’t. So, I thought It was an important story, just because of her contribution and also because of her family and the legacy that she has left for our whole medical culture.”

 “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” can be seen on Sunday, May 28, 2017 and on demand.  INSIDE NEW YORK will broadcast Opening Night highlights with the Stars this Saturday at 8:30 pm and Monday at 11:30 am on MNN5 on TWC 1993 and MNN2 (TWC 56, RCN 83, FiOS 34) on MNN.org and Livestream.