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Oprah Winfrey on the Atlanta set of “Henrietta Lacks”

Photo: Atlanta Filming

Credit: Jennifer Brett

Credit: Jennifer Brett

Photo: Atlanta Filming
By Jennifer Brett
Aug 24, 2016

Oprah Winfrey is back in Atlanta for the HBO film adaptation of Rebecca Skloot’s nonfiction work “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Oprah portrays Henrietta’s daughter Deborah Lacks. The movie filmed at a Buckhead church on Tuesday; here’s a photo from the set.

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Photo: Atlanta Filming

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