Requiem for a Running Back

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Requiem for a Running Back

2017

1h 29m

Documentary

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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

11/11/2017

A deeply personal investigation into an important subject.

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Richard Roeper

Chicago Sun-Times

11/09/2017

4/4

The end result is a brilliant and brave and beautifully honest film.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

11/09/2017

This documentary about brain trauma in the NFL is largely anecdotal, but therein lies its power.

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Lisa Trifone

Third Coast Review

05/28/2019

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.

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Danielle Solzman

Solzy at the Movies

11/14/2017

Any parent thinking of letting their children play football will think twice...

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Louis Proyect

Counterpunch.org

11/08/2017

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.

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Leaburn O

Aug 1

It’s ok in places, particularly when focusing on other players. The core of the film and the family story is surprisingly banal. A good subject for a film but better portrayed in Concussion. Watched on Amazon Prime.

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11/15/2017

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.

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11/13/2017

Excellent! It should be shown in every school in America.

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Rebecca Carpenter

Director

Sara Dee

Producer

Max Mayer

Executive Producer

Eric Wycoff

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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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