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Requiem for a Running Back

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Filmmaker Rebecca Carpenter explores the far-reaching implications of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in football players.
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Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Nov 11, 2017
A deeply personal investigation into an important subject. Go to Full Review
Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times Nov 9, 2017
4/4
The end result is a brilliant and brave and beautifully honest film. Go to Full Review
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader Nov 9, 2017
This documentary about brain trauma in the NFL is largely anecdotal, but therein lies its power. Go to Full Review
Lisa Trifone Third Coast Review May 28, 2019
As one woman's investigation into her own family history, Requiem gets the job done. But at 89 minutes long, there's a lot of filler for a documentary that doesn't add anything new into the conversation. Go to Full Review
Danielle Solzman Solzy at the Movies Nov 14, 2017
Any parent thinking of letting their children play football will think twice... Go to Full Review
Louis Proyect Counterpunch.org Nov 8, 2017
The film both makes a compelling case for abolishing football as well as explaining why it was so beloved by the players whose brains it was destroying. First-rate. Go to Full Review
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Nov 15, 2017 Powerful movie that is bound to make the NFL take notice. While this movie is about Lew Carpenter, a star NFL player who suffered, unbeknownst to his family, from advanced CTE, it is really about the his youngest daughter coming to terms with realizing her dad suffered from sever brain damage, and how that affected their relationship. See more
Nov 13, 2017 Excellent! It should be shown in every school in America.
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Cast & Crew

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Rebecca Carpenter

Director

Sara Dee

Producer

Max Mayer

Executive Producer

Eric Wycoff

Cinematographer

Elisa Bonora

Film Editing

Parker Laramie

Film Editing

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker Rebecca Carpenter explores the far-reaching implications of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in football players.
Director
Rebecca Carpenter
Producer
Sara Dee
Distributor
Hydro Studios
Production Co
You Gotta Love, Portmanto Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 10, 2017, Limited
Runtime
1h 29m
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