Something the Lord Made (2004)

Directed by

Joseph Sargent

Genre

drama film, biographical film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 50m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.9 of 10 from 315 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film covers the real-life partnership between a Black lab technician and a white surgeon who developed a groundbreaking heart surgery for blue babies in the 1940s. It focuses on their working relationship and the racial barriers that affected recognition for the technician's contributions.

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What happens

Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama film about the black cardiac pioneer Vivien Thomas (1910–1985) and his complex and volatile partnership with white surgeon Alfred Blalock (1899–1964), the "Blue Baby doctor" who pioneered modern heart surgery. Based on the National Magazine Award-winning Washingtonian magazine article "Like Something the Lord Made" by Katie McCabe, the film was directed by Joseph Sargent and written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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