Requiem for a Running Back (2017)

Director Rebecca Carpenters father Lewis Carpenter was a running back for Vince Lombardis NFL Champion Green Bay Packers When he dies her family receives a surprise call from Boston Universitys brain bank requesting his brain with shocking results Lew becomes the 18th NFL player diagnosed postmortem with Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy CTE a degenerative neurocognitive disorder that can cause episodes of rage social withdrawal and other unusual behaviors Carpenter finds herself at ground zero of an unfolding public health controversy and embarks on a threeyear odyssey across America to explore the farreaching implications of this new disease in football players