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If you are looking for a compelling movie that tells a great story through the talent of some fine actors -- including Kyra Sedgwick, Alan Rickman, and Mos Def -- then I suggest you check out "Something the Lord Made".  It's the store of Dr. Alfred Blalock and Vivien Thomas, Ph.D., who made history at Johns Hopkins by performing the first heart surgery in the history of medicine.

Working to solve the problem of the "Blue Baby", or Tetralogy of Fallot, Blalock and Thomas perfected the procedure that made "Blue Babies" a thing of the past.

The movie covers their time at Hopkins, when Baltimore was still segregated, and the two struggled to resolve their enormous respect for each other in the shadow of a segregated Southern city-- and institution -- that placed every barrier in front of them possible.

Check out "Something the Lord Made".