HBO Films: "Something the Lord Made"

This movie has been playing on HBO for a while now, and Mos Def did a great job in it. If you haven't seen it yet, you really need to check it out...

"Vivien Thomas was a carpenter that wanted to be a doctor, unable to attend college he works for a real doctor as a janitor. Realizing what this young man is capable of, the doctor gives him real tasks and as a team they go to be the first doctors to perform cardiac surgery. Based on a true story."