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DVD : Something the Lord MadeBrowse or Search and Buy Online our Best Sellers Shopping Sales of DVD and Something the Lord Made. Rating:  - excellent storySomething the Lord Made is an excellent story. Historically portraying the race relations at that time and how different people handled themselves was interesting. The Johns-Hopkins and "blue baby" connection hit home since my niece was born with tetralogy of Fallot in 2000 and had surgery and was treated at Johns-Hopkins. Alan Rickman and Mos Def were both very believable in their roles. Buy the movie. Movie reviews would be helpful before purchase, I had already seen this before purchasing. Rating: - A Look at Two MenThis film is a perfect illustration of what Shelby Steele describes as the two responses black people made to white oppression. One, the bargainer, works within the white-dominated system, attempting to succeed by playing within the rules. The other is the challenger, who demands that the rules be changed. For most of his life, Vivian Thomas was a bargainer. He didn't even attempt to change the `girl's name' his mother gave him, so making a frontal assault on white discrimination in the Old South wasn't a part of his mission in life. His interest was medicine and in the field of surgery he was a genius, able to envision solutions to the complexities of heart surgery at a time when the heart was considered off-limits to surgeons. That natural talent provided the basis for his relationship with Dr. Alfred Blalock, an ambitious physician who wants to do what no surgeon has done before. The latter soon discovers that his success depends on the natural talents of Vivian, and their relationship is at the heart of this film, both the stormy clash of wills that is inevitable between two talented men and the warm respect each has for the other's ability. Watch this film at least twice, once with the film's dialogue and once with the commentary on. The commentary will give you the `back story' to Vivian's life, including a brother who was a challenger rather than a bargainer, taking on the fact black school teachers were payed less than their white counterparts. It will also leave you impressed with the amount of HBO-funded research that went into this film. Those who'd like to understand the bargainer/challenger distinction better might want to read two books by Shelby Steele: The Content of Our Character: A New Vision of Race In America A Bound Man: Why We Are Excited About Obama and Why He Can't Win Rating: - Excellent movieVivian Thomas was an amazing man without whom "blue baby" surgery, the first surgery on the human heart, might never have happened. Because he was an African American in a more racist times, he is little known and received credit all too late. He should be an inspiration to young people be they African American or not. This is also just a very well told story and a pleasure to watch. Rating: - Something The Lord MadeTitle is a little misleading. This is not a so called Christian Movie, but there are several references about Christianity or God in it. There is quite a bit ow swearing, and I suppose it did happen. Now about the movie. It is an excellent tribute to those who pioneered heart surgery. Although it is about surgery, there is as much said about racial problems and progress as well. We need more movies about true stories that help shape our country. Rating: - great filmmos def did a great job in this film. this is one of my favorite movies because it shows how one black man rose above the odds to do something with his life and follow his dreams. although it took years for him to receive credit he did in the end. great film. |