Partners of the Heart
Price: $19.99
Item SKU: 007
Nationally acclaimed Partners
of the
Heart, has become a must see documentary.
The film aired on PBS
American Experience in February 2003 and 2005.
It remains on exhibition at
various film festivals across the country.
Winner of the 2004 Erik
Barnouw award, this film tells the
inspirational story of the 34-year
partnership between Dr. Alfred Blalock, a white
surgeon with uncommon
vision, and Vivien Thomas, a black lab
technician with the hands of a
craftsman. At the height of segregation,
Blalock and Thomas pioneered
a heart surgery that saved the lives of
thousands of children, called
blue babies. With no more than a high school
education, Thomas went on
to train a generation of heart surgeons, many
of whom are still
operating today. The Partners of the
Heart film, outreach
program, website, DVD, and interactive TV
enhancements were funded in
part by the National Endowment for the
Humanities, the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, and GlaxoSmithKline.
For more information, please visit the Partners of the Heart website on PBS Online.
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For
inquiries regarding educational and
community screenings, including
the rights to exhibit the film publicly please
contact Andrea
Kalin
