Physician, professor, author, motivational speaker and humanitarian Dr. Benjamin Solomon Carson is a super star in the world of medicine. Holding degrees from Yale and the University of Michigan, he has headed the department of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University Hospital since he was thirty-three years old. At the peak of his career Carson would perform more than five hundred surgeries a year-- far more than most brain surgeons take on. People travel great distances in the hope that he will be able to help their cases, ones which have often been written off as impossible. Families from the United States, Africa, Europe and the Middle East trust their children to him because of his development of innovative surgical techniques, including one that helped him become the first surgeon to successfully separate twins joined at the head.With a resume like this, it would be easy to assume that Carson was groomed by educated parents or is following in the footsteps of a grandparent similar in stature to Daniel Hale Williams, Charles Drew or William Augustus
Hinton. Not so.
Journey with us on Thursday, January 28 as we retrace some of the steps in Dr. Carson’s inspirational odyssey through poverty, uncertainty and anger to personal victory during our screening of Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story. This recently-made dramatization of highlights of Carson’s life centers largely on the power that reading has to transform a life and stars Cuba Gooding, Jr. (Boyz N the Hood and Jerry McGuire) as Carson and Kimberly Elise (Great
Debaters and Beloved) as Carson’s determined mother,
Sonya.
As a segue to the film, Professor Shawn L. Williams will read highlights from "The Power of Reading" chapter in Carson’s motivational memoir, Think Big.
The program will start at 11 a.m. and run until 1 p.m.
This movie was wonderful. Thank you so much for letting me know that people of color can accomplish anything; despite of your up bringing and obstacle he or she faces. Dr Carson give me hope;I can do anything with the help of christ and a strong parent. thanks gpc learning support and Dr carson. I will continue to push on in my studies.
ReplyDeleteThis movie is extremely inspiring and it will go into my movie arsenal.One of my favorite parts of the movie is when, he is told to read two books a day. The amount of information he accumulated was extraordinary. That moment i wanted to go to the library and choose a book (matter of fact i am going right after i post this). I am not a big reader but hopefully i will be. As he accomplished goals he was shock to see people couldn't believe he made it. oh yeah this movie show me team work. like when different doctors were working on the twins.
ReplyDeleteGreat film--enjoyed it
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