Something the Lord made
(DVD) 

Originally broadcast as a made-for-TV movie in 2004.

Based in part on the magazine article Like something the Lord made by Katie McCabe.

Widescreen 16:9.

Special features: Audio commentary with director Joseph Sargent, writer Peter Silverman and executive producers Robert W. Cort and Eric Hertzel; featurette; Making history slide show.

Director of photography, Donald M. Morgan ; editor, Michael Brown ; music composer, Christopher Young ; costume designer, Karyn Wagner ; production designer, Vincent Peranio.

Alan Rickman, Mos Def, Kyra Sedgwick, Gabrielle Union, Merritt Wever, Clayton LeBouef, Charles Dutton, Mary Stuart Masterson.

Tells the emotional true story of two men who defied the rules of their time to launch a medical revolution, set against the backdrop of the Jim Crow south. Working in 1940s Baltimore on an unprecedented technique for performing heart surgery on "blue babies", Dr. Alfred Blalock and lab technician Vivien Thomas form an impressive team. As Blalock and Thomas invent a new field of medicine, saving thousands of lives in the process, social pressures threaten to undermine their collaboration and tear them apart.

Not rated.

DVD, region 1, widescreen (16:9) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo.

English, dubbed French, or dubbed Spanish dialogue; optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Primetime Emmy Awards, 2004: Outstanding Made for Television Movie; Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie (Morgan); Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Brown)

Directors Guild of America, 2005: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movie for Television (Sargent)

Writers Guild of America, 2005: TV Long Form - Original.