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Something The Lord Made

SOMETHING THE LORD MADE is the story of two men - an ambitious white surgeon and a gifted black carpenter turned lab technician - who defied the racial strictures of the Jim Crow South and together pioneered the field of heart surgery. Read more...
Something The Lord Made

"He's very much a man, without being heavy-handed or macho. Like a gentleman, really, in every sense of the word. He was very gentle and kind and radical in his own way."

Read more from our interview with star Mos Def.
Something The Lord Made

'"Dr. Blalock came to the ward where I was one of twenty-six patients, to reassure me. "You are a very lucky girl," he said, after listening to my heart. "We couldn't have helped you a year ago."'

Read this and other true stories in the Share Your Story section.
Something The Lord Made

"It's a relationship that starts out as master and servant, in a way. And then it becomes teacher and pupil. And then they're pretty much joined at the hip on a practical level - the one can't move without the other."

Watch a conversation with stars Alan Rickman and Mos Def.
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