MPAA Rating: Not Rated

Stars: Charles S. Dutton, Alan Rickman, Gabrielle Union, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mos Def
Directors: Joseph Sargent

Keywords: |Dramas | Doctors | Racism | Medical | Black Movies | Black Movie Oasis | African American Movies

Based on a true story, SOMETHING THE LORD MADE tells the absorbing tale of two doctors who bucked tradition and racial prejudice to revolutionize the medical world. The American south in the 1940s could be a fearsome place for anyone attempting to ply a well-meaning trade, as it was riddled with strictly-enforced racial boundaries. The two men in question--Dr. Alfred Blalock (Alan Rickman) and African-American lab technician Vivien Thomas (Mos Def)--work fastidiously on a new technique for helping babies with heart problems, and achieve some impressive, and innovative results. Under any other circumstances the men would have been exhilarated by their advances, and widely applauded throughout the medical profession. But the dark heart of the south causes innumerable problems for the brave pione
Stars Alan Rickman & Mos Def. 2004 Emmy Award Winner for Outstanding Television Movie. Film details the true saga if how Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab echnician Vivien Thomas, who were working in Baltimore in the 1940's and defy the rules of time performing heart surgery on "blue babies". But as being a black man at this time and making a discover like this causes many pressures on their friendship and community. Extras include Making of and more.