Film
Partners of the Heart
2002 · 1h · Documentary
A black genius. A white surgeon. A blue baby. And a miracle.
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Overview
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.
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Cast
Morgan Freeman
Narrator (voice)
Alfred Blalock
Self (archive footage)
Vivien Thomas
Self (archive footage)
Christopher Haley
Vivien Thomas
Beau James
Alfred Blalock
Courtney B. Vance
Vivien Thomas (voice)
Crew
- Andrea KalinDirector
- Bill DukeDirector
Details
- Release date
- June 1, 2002
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h
- Budget
- $600,000
- Genres
- Documentary
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