Drama Something the Lord Made (2004)

Kevin

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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

 
I loved this movie when I saw it by chance some ten years ago. An eye-opening, honestly acted, rather understated TV movie that left me feeling both melancholic and happy when Dr. Vivien Thomas was officially recognised for his ground-breaking work almost during the end of his life. What a truly humble man he must have been. Definitely recommend! Love, love the title, which was originally the title of an article written about him some years after his death.
 

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