VIDEO : 'Henrietta Lacks' movie pulls Oprah back on screen

Up until Monday, Oprah Winfrey was staying behind the scene of HBO's upcoming movie "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" as an executive producer. But at the starte of this week, HBO announced that Winfrey will actually star in the television movie. The movie covers the life and story of Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman whose cancerous cells became the source of medical breakthroughs. Deborah, Lack's daughter, is the main character of the movie, telling her mother's story. Winfrey is going to portray Deborah in the film. Veteran Broadway director-producer George C. Wolfe will direct the HBO project from his screenplay.