Requiem for a Running Back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Yq7Z5CAhL0

The director’s father, Lewis Carpenter, was a World Championship running back for the Detroit Lions and Vince Lombardi’s Green Bay Packers. After his death, Boston University requests his brain, and he becomes the 18th NFL player diagnosed postmortem with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a degenerative neurocognitive disorder that can cause episodes of rage, social withdrawal, and other unusual behaviors. Documentarian Rebecca Carpenter embarks on a three-year odyssey across America to explore an unfolding public health controversy and the far-reaching implications of the disease caused by repeat blunt force trauma to the brain. Discussion with director Rebecca Carpenter and producer Sara Dee, moderated by Jacob Resch (UVA)

zHealth and Wellbeing

Date

Sun, Nov 12, 2017

Time

7:30 PM

Location

Other : PVCC Dickinson Center

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