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During World War II and the era of staunch racial segregation, a Black carpenter's son named Vivien Thomas, who had a talent for surgery, along with a white surgeon named Dr. Alfred Blalock, who defied the medical establishment created a partnership that changed the course of cardiac surgery. With only a high school diploma, Thomas became a leading cardiac pioneer and educator of two generations of the United States' premiere heart surgeons. This moving documentary tells the story of Thomas and his relationship with Blalock, one that ushered in advances in surgery that are still in existence today.

When a beautiful college freshman is viciously assaulted in her dorm room, Police quickly zero in on a suspect... but when he points the finger at someone else, the search for the truth threatens to tear a small town apart.

The ability for people to have their genetic codes analyzed is examined, as are the moral aspects that come with access to such information.