Now that doesn't mean that the story of Ben Carson is uninteresting because it certainly is from seeing how he became inspired to learn as a young boy to the battles his mum faced with her own difficulties to the racial issues of the time. "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story" is one of those truly inspiring movies because whilst it tells the story of one man's life it is the fact his story of hard work and belief brings results is universal. I feel blessed because I have a love of made for TV movies and that means that whilst I have watched plenty of poor movies I have also watched some truly inspiring movies. But at the same time we witness Benjamin's mum combat her own issues from suffering with depression to hiding her illiteracy. What we watch is how through his mum's persistence Benjamin goes from being just a kid to a young inquisitive mind with a thirst for knowledge which leads to University and medical school. But the story then takes us back to 1961 where a young Benjamin is struggling in class where he is labelled as dumb and suffers from bouts of anger. "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story" opens in 1986 as Ben is asked to fly to West Germany where he is asked to consider operating on conjoined twins joined at the head something which previously had never been done successfully. But his story starts long before that and it is his story starting in 1961 which is the focus of "Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story". You see Ben Carson was before retirement a leading neurosurgeon whose pioneering work lead to the separation of conjoined twins joined at the head. Do you know who Ben Carson is? I will be honest and say I had never heard of him and I am sure I am not alone but his story and in truth the story of his family is an inspiring one.
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