Dear listers,
If you haven\'t seen it already, get your hands on \"Something the Lord Made,\" starring Alan Rickman and Mos Def. This film, based very closely on the true story, speaks volumes about courage, integrity, and devotion, and it\'s not all pretty.
Rickman (Snape) is a southern medical researcher stuck in a rut trying to solve the mysteries of traumatic shock. Def plays Vivien Thomas (for a mild spoiler, just google that name), a most unlikely carpenter-become-med tech who grows to be the guiding light -- and hands -- in a medical revolution. The doctor is white, the lab tech is black, and when the team arrives at Johns Hopkins together in the mid-20th century, you can imagine the fireworks.
This film is perfect for tweens and up, and has more food for thought than anyone can digest in one sitting. Strongly recommended viewing.
Yours,
Dn Kevin Smith [image]http://www.hbo.com/films/stlm/img/homepage/760x330_main_postpremiere.jpg[/image]
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