League of Denial: The NFL’s Concussion Crisis
- Documentary
- History
10/8/2013
120
NR
Storyline
Drawing on the book of the same name, League of Denial crafts a searing two-hour indictment of the National Football League’s decades-long concealment of the link between football related head injuries and brain disorders.
- Director:
- research
- suicide
- amnesia
- corruption
- pain
- american football
- dementia
- scientific study
- sexism
- concussion
- damage
- cover-up
- confusion
- money
- racism
- scientist
- denial
- forensic science
- medical research
- professional sports
- researcher
- lab results
- brain damage
- brain research
- brain injury
- nfl (national football league)
- memorization
- amnesiac
- chronic pain
- human brain
Videos
Cast
Will LymanHimself - Narrator
Harry CarsonHimself- Steve FainaruHimself
- Mikey CollinsHimself - University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
- Bennett OmaluHimself - Medical Examiner
- Ann McKeeHerself - Neuropathologist, BU CTE Center
- Stan SavranHimself - Pittsburgh Sports Reporter
- Julian BailesHimself - Team Physician, Steelers, 1988-97
- Jim OttoHimself
- Mike WebsterHimself (archive footage)
- Steve YoungSelf
- Troy AikmanSelf (archive footage)
- Leigh SteinbergSelf
- Christopher NowinskiSelf