Something the Lord Made
| Something the Lord Made | |
|---|---|
| Based on | "Like Something the Lord Made" by Katie McCabe |
| Written by | Peter Silverman Robert Caswell |
| Directed by | Joseph Sargent |
| Starring | Alan Rickman Mos Def Kyra Sedgwick Gabrielle Union Charles S. Dutton Mary Stuart Masterson |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Producers | Robert W. Cort David Madden Eric Hetzel Julian Krainin Mike Drake |
| Cinematography | Donald M. Morgan |
| Editor | Michael Brown |
| Running time | 110 mins |
| Production companies | HBO Films Nina Saxon Film Design |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | May 30, 2004 |
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Something the Lord Made is a 2004 American made-for-television biographical drama 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.