Something the Lord Made
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"Something the Lord Made" is a 2004 HBO biographical drama film depicting the groundbreaking heart surgery partnership between Black lab technician Vivien Thomas and white surgeon Alfred Blalock at Johns Hopkins.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Peabody Award
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
the life of Alfred Blalock
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the life of Vivien Thomas ⓘ |
| castMember |
Alan Rickman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gabrielle Union NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyra Sedgwick NERFINISHED ⓘ Merritt Wever NERFINISHED ⓘ Mos Def NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Donald M. Morgan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| depicts |
development of the Blalock–Taussig shunt
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racial segregation in American medicine ⓘ |
| director | Joseph Sargent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | HBO NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Michael Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| executiveProducer |
Julian Krainin
NERFINISHED
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Mary Stuart Masterson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical drama
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medical drama ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| leadActor |
Alan Rickman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mos Def NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Alfred Blalock
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vivien Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Christopher Young NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nominatedFor |
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
NERFINISHED
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originallyAired | May 30, 2004 ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | HBO ⓘ |
| portrays |
Alfred Blalock
NERFINISHED
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Helen Taussig NERFINISHED ⓘ Vivien Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Mike Drake NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 110 ⓘ |
| setting |
Baltimore, Maryland
NERFINISHED
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Johns Hopkins Hospital NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
cardiac surgery
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medical racism ⓘ surgical innovation ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1930s
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1940s ⓘ 1950s ⓘ |
| writer |
Peter Silverman
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Robert Caswell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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