Something the Lord Made (2004)

Alan Rickman, Merritt Wever, Gabrielle Union, Kyra Sedgwick

Alfred Blalock (1899-1964), a cardiologist (therefore, self-confident to the point of arrogance), leaves Vanderbilt for Johns Hopkins taking with him his lab technician, Vivien Thomas (1910-1985). Thomas, an African-American without a college degree, is a gifted mechanic and tool-maker with hands sp