Something the Lord made, HBO Films presents a Cort/Madden production, a Joseph Sargent film ; producer, Julian Krainin ; produced by Mike Drake ; written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell ; directed by Joseph Sargent
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Something the Lord made, HBO Films presents a Cort/Madden production, a Joseph Sargent film ; producer, Julian Krainin ; produced by Mike Drake ; written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell ; directed by Joseph Sargent
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Something the Lord made
Oclc number
56899406
resource.otherEventInformation
Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2004
Responsibility statement
HBO Films presents a Cort/Madden production, a Joseph Sargent film ; producer, Julian Krainin ; produced by Mike Drake ; written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell ; directed by Joseph Sargent
Runtime
110
Summary
Tells the emotional true story of two men who defined the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas form an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures threaten to undermine their collaboration and tear them apart
Technique
live action
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Contributor
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- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Drama
- Biographical television programs
- Tetralogy of Fallot -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985 -- Drama
- Fiction television programs
- Made-for-TV movies
- Medical television programs
- Racism -- Drama
- Heart + Surgery + History -- 20th century -- Drama
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- Contributor9
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- Blalock, Alfred, 1899-1964 -- Drama
- Biographical television programs
- Tetralogy of Fallot -- Drama
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Thomas, Vivien, 1910-1985 -- Drama
- Fiction television programs
- Made-for-TV movies
- Medical television programs
- Racism -- Drama
- Heart + Surgery + History -- 20th century -- Drama
- Content1
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