Selected Press

• New York Times Magazine, “Rebecca Skloot Feels Indebted to Henrietta Lacks“, April 19, 2017
• O: The Oprah Magazine,”A conversation with Rebecca Skloot and Jeri Lacks, Henrietta Lacks’s granddaughter, about her stirring story’s leap from page to screen,” April 16, 2017.
• CNN, “Henrietta Lacks: Her cells, her legacy“, on the continuing impact Henrietta’s family is having on the world through their public speaking, activism, and work sharing the legacies of Henrietta and Deborah Lacks. April 21, 2017
• O: The Oprah Magazine, “Behind the Scenes of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks“, April 16, 2017
• “How The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Avoids the White Savior Trap” Bustle
• “Nothing Can Prepare You For How Powerful The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Is” The Root, April 21, 2017
• Nerdette, “Rebecca Skloot On Oprah, Henrietta Lacks, And Storytelling In Science“, May 5, 2017
• ELLE, “The author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks sits down for a chat with the actress who’s playing her“, April 21, 2017
• Refinery29, “Why The Story Of Henrietta Lacks Is Still Relevant“, April 18, 2017
• Live Science, “‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’: Q&A with Author Rebecca Skloot“, April 21, 2017
• Newsweek, “Oprah Winfrey on her hardest role yet: the tormented daughter in ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’“, April 14, 2017
• Vanity Fair, “How the Strange Saga of Henrietta Lacks Became an Oprah-Approved Film“, April 21, 2017
• Vulture, “Oprah Winfrey Is Phenomenal in The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks“, April 21, 2017
• TIME, “Review: Oprah Goes Deep in Henrietta Lacks“, April 21, 2017
• Little Gold Men Podcast, Vanity Fair, “What It’s Like to Have Someone Play You on TV” (conversation with Rose and Rebecca starts at time stamp 19:58) April 21, 2017
• The Washington Post, “In ‘Henrietta Lacks,’ Oprah Winfrey reveals one woman’s remarkable legacy’“, April 14, 2017
• Observer, “HBO Celebrates ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ With Touring Pop-Up Art Show“, April 13, 2017
• The New York Times, “Oprah Winfrey on the ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’“, April 12, 2017
• People.com, “The Incredible True Story of Henrietta Lacks — the Most Important Woman in Modern Medicine“, April 12, 2017
• “How ‘The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks’ Made Me Love Nonfiction,” Bustle