Something the Lord Made

Something the Lord Made
Written by	Peter Silverman Robert Caswell
Directed by	Joseph Sargent
Starring	Mos Def Alan Rickman Kyra Sedgwick Gabrielle Union 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 (2004-05-30)
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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,^[1][2] the film was directed by Joseph Sargent and written by Peter Silverman and Robert Caswell.