Documentary · 2002 · 1h 0m

Partners of the Heart

Director

Cast

Morgan Freeman as Narrator (voice) Alfred Blalock as Self (archive footage) Vivien Thomas as Self (archive footage) Christopher Haley as Vivien Thomas Beau James as Alfred Blalock Courtney B. Vance as Vivien Thomas (voice)

Tagline

A black genius. A white surgeon. A blue baby. And a miracle.

Synopsis

Recounts the extraordinary segregation-era partnership between two surgeons--one black and one white--who defied the medical establishment and changed the course of cardiac surgery.

Key Collaborators

Andrea Kalin Director Bill Duke Director

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