Director Rebecca Carpenter attending 4/23
When Lewis Carpenter, a running back for the fabled Green Bay Packers during Vince Lombardi’s time, dies, his family receives a shock: Boston University’s brain bank wants his brain to test for Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative neurocognitive disorder that can cause episodes of rage, social withdrawal, and other unusual behaviors. When the results are positive, his daughter, director Rebecca Carpenter, camera in hand, takes a three-year journey to examine the biggest problem in the NFL’s history.
Interviewing her father’s former teammates and adversaries, scientists, historians, and other families affected by CTE, Carpenter pursues a mystery that is decades in the making.
Director’s Biography
Rebecca Carpenter: Director Rebecca Carpenter is an artist and teacher who has produced media in various capacities for Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, internet and broadcast. A multi-sport athlete, she grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, and competed at the Division I level in the sport of rowing.
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