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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.
- Joseph Sargent
- Peter Silverman, Robert Caswell
- HBO Films, Nina Saxon Film Design
May 30, 2004 · Something the Lord Made: Directed by Joseph Sargent. With Cliff McMullen, Yasiin Bey, Luray Cooper, Alan Rickman. A dramatization of the relationship between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas.
- (15K)
- Biography, Drama
- Joseph Sargent
- 2004-05-30
Something the Lord Made. [HBO] HD. Fact-based story of a white surgeon and a black lab technician who revolutionized heart surgery amidst the racial injustice of the 1940s. 4,182 IMDb 8.1 1 h 49 min 2004.
- 109 min
A biographical drama about the black surgical technician Vivien Thomas and his mentor Dr. Alfred Blalock, who pioneered the first successful open-heart surgery. The movie explores their collaboration, challenges and friendship in the face of racism and prejudice.
- (9K)
- Joseph Sargent
- TVPG
- Alan Rickman
A TV movie about the partnership between heart surgery pioneers Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, who invented bypass surgery for blue babies. The title refers to Blalock's praise of Thomas' surgical skill as "something the Lord made".
Watch a fact-based drama about a white surgeon and a black lab technician who revolutionized heart surgery in the 1940s. Starring Alan Rickman, Mos Def, and Mary Stuart Masterson, directed by Joseph Sargent.
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Emotional, fact-based drama of revolution and racism about a wealthy white surgeon and a poor black lab tech who work together to achieve a medical breakthro...
