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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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