"Something the Lord Made"

Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-televisionbiographicaldrama 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.

The film was nominated for nine Emmy Awards (including acting nominations for both principals) and won three, for Outstanding Made for Television Movie, Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Don Morgan) and Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Michael Brown). It also received two Golden Globe nomination

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Written by
Peter Silverman
Robert Caswel
lDirected byJoseph Sargent
Starring
Mos Def
Alan Rickman
Kyra Sedgwick
**rielle UnionMary
Stuart Masterson
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