Something the Lord Made is a 2004 movie by HBO based on the life of Vivien Thomas. Thomas was a black American, the grandson of a slave, who during the US Great Depression of the 1930's, rose from being hired as janitor to eventually being in charge of teaching new doctors at John Hopkins University.
It was an interesting movie to watch as I had not heard about Thomas before. His life story is an incredible insight into both the advancement of medicine (Thomas and Alfred Blalock are credited with opening up the field of heart surgery) and how racial segregation at the time was important to some at the time over the advancement of medical breakthroughs.
If you like history type movies or have an interest in medicine, it's worth watching.
Vivien Thomas @ WikiPedia: Vivien Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was an interesting movie to watch as I had not heard about Thomas before. His life story is an incredible insight into both the advancement of medicine (Thomas and Alfred Blalock are credited with opening up the field of heart surgery) and how racial segregation at the time was important to some at the time over the advancement of medical breakthroughs.
If you like history type movies or have an interest in medicine, it's worth watching.
Vivien Thomas @ WikiPedia: Vivien Thomas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia