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"The American Experience" Partners of the Heart (2003)


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Overview

User Rating:
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Directors:
Andrea Kalin
Bill Duke
Writers:
Andrea Kalin (writer)
Lou Potter (writer)
Contact:
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TV Series:
"The American Experience" (1988)
Original Air Date:
10 February 2003 (Season 15, Episode 8)
Genre:
Documentary | Biography | Crime | History | War more
Tagline:
A Black man, a Blue baby, and a Miracle more
Plot:
During World War II and the era of staunch racial segregation, a Black carpenter's son named Vivien Thomas... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Dr. Alfred Blalock ... Himself (archive footage)
Dr. Denton A. Cooley ... Himself
John Dryden ... Newsreel Voice (voice)
Dr. Koco Eaton ... Himself

Morgan Freeman ... Himself (Narrator) (voice)
Christopher Haley ... Dr. Vivien Thomas
Dr. J. Alex Haller Jr. ... Himself
Beau James ... Dr. Alfred Blalock
Jane Leuders ... Dr. Helen Taussig
Dr. Rowena Spencer ... Herself
Dr. Helen Taussig ... Herself (archive footage)
Dr. Vivien Thomas ... Himself (archive footage)

Courtney B. Vance ... Dr. Vivien Thomas (voice)
Dr. Levi Watkins ... Himself

Tony Williams ... Dr. Vivien Thomas at the Train Tracks
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Runtime:
60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Company:
Duke Media more

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Soundtrack:
Coming to Baltimore more

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