Requiem for a Running Back (2017)
89 min
Director Rebecca Carpenter's father, Lewis Carpenter, was a running back for Vince Lombardi's NFL Champion Green Bay Packers. When he dies, her family receives a surprise call from Boston University's 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 three-year odyssey across America to explore the far-reaching implications of this "new" disease in football players.
- Release date
- November 10, 2017
- Country of origin
- Not yet available
Cast
- Julian Bailes as Self
- Chris Borland
- Erika Brown as Self
- Samantha Pyle Buono as Self
- Lew Carpenter
- Jim Coan as Self
- Kevin Cook as Self
- Mike Ditka
- Cody Gifford as Self
- Kathie Lee Gifford as Self
Crew
- Rebecca Carpenter · Director
- Sara Dee · Producer
- Brian H. Kim · Composer
- Sam Sulam · Cinematographer
- Eric Wycoff · Cinematographer
- Elisa Bonora · Editor
- Piper Kroeze · Editor
- Parker Laramie · Editor
- Troy Takaki · Editor