Oprah Winfrey on the Atlanta set of "Henrietta Lacks"

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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