Partners of the Heart Trailer
Against the backdrop of segregation, Vivien Thomas, a black carpenter's apprentice with a genius for surgery, and Dr. Alfred Blalock, a renowned white surgeon, dared to defy medical gospel by forging a partnership that changed the course of medical history.
With only a high school degree, Thomas became a cardiac pioneer and a teacher to two generations of America's premiere heart surgeons at a time when he himself could not become one. His journey is a compelling, often overlooked American story of personal triumph over the strictures of his time.
Narrated by Academy Award Winner Morgan Freeman and featuring the voice of Primetime Emmy Award winning actor Courtney B. Vance, Partners of the Heart won the Erik Barnouw Award for Best Historical Documentary and inspired the HBO Primetime Emmy Award winning film Like Something the Lord Made. The film was broadcast on PBS American Experience and was selected as one of the Top 50 projects ever funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.